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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lězti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁ǵʰ- (“to crawl on the ground; low”).

Related to Latvian lẽzêt (“to slide”), Old Prussian līse (“(he) crawls”), Old Norse lágr (“low”), English low, Ancient Greek λαχύς (lakhús, “low”).

Verb

*lě̀zti impf [1][2]

  1. to crawl
  2. to climb

Inflection
Conjugation of *lězti (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lězenьje *lězti *lěztъ *lězlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lězenъ *lězomъ
Active *lězъ *lězy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lěz(ox)ъ*lěze*lěze *lězǫ*lězeši*lězetь
Dual *lěz(ox)ově*lěz(e/os)ta*lěz(e/os)te *lězevě*lězeta*lězete
Plural *lěz(ox)omъ*lěz(e/os)te*lězǫ, *lězošę *lězemъ*lězete*lězǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *lězěaxъ*lězěaše*lězěaše —*lězi*lězi
Dual *lězěaxově*lězěašeta*lězěašete *lězěvě*lězěta—
Plural *lězěaxomъ*lězěašete*lězěaxǫ *lězěmъ*lězěte—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѣзти (lězti)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: възлѣсти (vŭzlěsti)m излѣсти (izlěsti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: лѣ́зѫ (lě́zǫ) (Gerov's dictionary); ля́за (ljáza)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ље̏сти
      Latin: ljȅsti
    • Slovene: lẹ́sti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lézt
    • Polabian: lezĕ (3sg.)
    • Old Polish: leźć
    • Slovak: liezť
    • Slovincian: lìe̯sc
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “v. (a) ‘crawl, climb’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “lězti: lězǫ lězetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 208, 252; PR 133)”
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