Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫčiti

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lánkīˀtei, causative/iterative of *lenk- (“to bend”).

Verb edit

*lǭčìti^[1]^[2]

to separate

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *lǫčiti, *lǫči, *lǫčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lǫčenьje	*lǫčiti	*lǫčitъ	*lǫčilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lǫčenъ	*lǫčimъ
Active	*lǫčь	*lǫčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lǫčixъ	*lǫči	*lǫči	*lǫčǫ	*lǫčiši	*lǫčitь
Dual	*lǫčixově	*lǫčista	*lǫčiste	*lǫčivě	*lǫčita	*lǫčite
Plural	*lǫčixomъ	*lǫčiste	*lǫčišę	*lǫčimъ	*lǫčite	*lǫčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lǫčaaxъ	*lǫčaaše	*lǫčaaše	—	*lǫči	*lǫči
Dual	*lǫčaaxově	*lǫčaašeta	*lǫčaašete	*lǫčivě	*lǫčita	—
Plural	*lǫčaaxomъ	*lǫčaašete	*lǫčaaxǫ	*lǫčimъ	*lǫčite	—

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

Related terms edit

*lęťi (“to bend”)
*lękati, *lęcati (“to set traps, to scare?”)
*lękъ (“bent”)
*lǫčьje (“rush”)
*lǭkà (“low-lying meadow”)
*lǫkàvъ (“curved, cunning”)
*lǫ̑kъ (“bow”)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лꙋчити (lučiti) (12th century)
  - Belarusian: лучы́ць (lučýcʹ)
  - Russian: (dialectal) лучи́ть (lučítʹ) (standard разлучи́ть (razlučítʹ))
  - Ukrainian: лучи́ти (lučýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: лѫчити (lǫčiti)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱘⱍⰹⱅⰹ (lǫčiti)
- Bulgarian: лъ́ча (lǎ́ča)
- Macedonian: лачи (lači)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лу́чити
  
  Latin script: lúčiti
- Slovene: ločīti, lọ́čiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lúčiti
  - Czech: loučit (literary)
- Old Polish: łączyć
  - Polish: łączyć
- Slovak: lúčiť
- Slovincian: lãczic
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: łucyś

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǭčìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 288: “v. (b) ‘separate’”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “ločīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*lǫči̋ti”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǭčìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 288: “v. (b) ‘separate’”

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “ločīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*lǫči̋ti”

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