Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěčiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *lěkъ +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*lěčiti

to cure, to heal
Synonym: *cěliti

Inflection

Conjugation of *lěčiti, *lěči, *lěčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lěčenьje	*lěčiti	*lěčitъ	*lěčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lěčenъ	*lěčimъ
Active	*lěčь	*lěčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lěčixъ	*lěči	*lěči	*lěčǫ	*lěčiši	*lěčitь
Dual	*lěčixově	*lěčista	*lěčiste	*lěčivě	*lěčita	*lěčite
Plural	*lěčixomъ	*lěčiste	*lěčišę	*lěčimъ	*lěčite	*lěčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lěčaaxъ	*lěčaaše	*lěčaaše	—	*lěči	*lěči
Dual	*lěčaaxově	*lěčaašeta	*lěčaašete	*lěčivě	*lěčita	—
Plural	*lěčaaxomъ	*lěčaašete	*lěčaaxǫ	*lěčimъ	*lěčite	—

(*)*lěčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: лячы́ць (ljačýcʹ)
- Russian: лечи́ть (lečítʹ)
- Carpathian Rusyn: лїчи́ц (ljičýc)
- Ukrainian: лічи́ти (ličýty)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѣчити (lěčiti)
- Bulgarian: леча (leča) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: лечи (leči)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ле́чити
  
  Latin script: léčiti
- Slovene: léčiti (tonal orthography) (archaic)
West Slavic
- Old Czech: léčiti
  - Czech: léčit
- Old Polish: leczyć
  - Polish: leczyć
  - Silesian: lyczyć
- Slovak: liečiť

Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 351
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “леча”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 380