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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъgati

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 *lugtei, from Proto-Indo-European *lugʰ-yé-ti, ye-present of *lewgʰ- (to lie, to tell falsehood).

Cognate with Lithuanian lūgóti (to request, bet), Latvian lùgt (to request, invite).

Noun

*lъgàti impf [1][2]

  1. to lie

Inflection

  • *lъža
  • *lъžь

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лъгати (lŭgati), лгати (lgati)
      • Belarusian: ілга́ць (ilhácʹ), лгаць (lhacʹ)
      • Russian: лгать (lgatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: лга́ти (lháty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lhát
    • Polabian: låzĕs (< *lъžešь)
    • Polish: łgać
    • Slovak: luhať, lhať
    • Slovincian: lgäc, łgac
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: łhaś
      • Upper Sorbian: łhać

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lъgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 294: “v. (b) ‘lie’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), lъgati: lъžjǫ lъžjetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b lyve (SA 210; PR 136f.)”
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