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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučiti

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
  • Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European lowk-éye-ti, causative/iterative from the root *lewk- (“light”).
  • Vasmer assumes the same Indo-European root and postulates the following semantic development: "light" > "see" > "look for" > "wait for" > "get" > "accomplish, reach, throw, etc.".

Verb

*lučìti [1][2]

  1. to accomplish? to find? to get? to throw?

Inflection
Conjugation of *lučiti (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lučenьje *lučiti *lučitъ *lučilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lučenъ *lučimъ
Active *lučь *lučę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lučixъ*luči*luči *lučǫ*lučiši*lučitь
Dual *lučixově*lučista*lučiste *lučivě*lučita*lučite
Plural *lučixomъ*lučiste*lučišę *lučimъ*lučite*lučętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *lučaaxъ*lučaaše*lučaaše —*luči*luči
Dual *lučaaxově*lučaašeta*lučaašete *lučivě*lučita—
Plural *lučaaxomъ*lučaašete*lučaaxǫ *lučimъ*lučite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*lučivъ is later doublet of past active participle
  • *lūčà (“ray, beam”)
  • *lũčь (“ray, torch”)
  • *lunà (“moon”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лꙋчити (lučiti), лꙋчитисꙗ (lučitisja)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lučit
    • Old Polish: łuczyć
    • Slovak: lúčiť

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lučìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290: “v. (c)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “lučiti: lučjǫ lučitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c give, tillade (PR 140)”
  3. Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editors (1904-1910), “lúčiti 2”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 190
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