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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lelějati

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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *lelěti

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, according to ESSJa. Compare Lithuanian leliúoti, Latvian leluôt.

Verb

*lelějati[1]

  1. to rock, to sway

Inflection
Conjugation of *lelějati, *lelěja, *lelějetь (?, -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*lelějanьje *lelějati *lelějatъ *lelějalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *lelějanъ *lelějemъ
Active *lelějavъ *lelěję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *lelějaxъ*lelěja*lelěja *lelějǫ*lelěješi*lelějetь
Dual *lelějaxově*lelějasta*lelějaste *lelějevě*lelějeta*lelějete
Plural *lelějaxomъ*lelějaste*lelějašę *lelějemъ*lelějete*lelějǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *lelějaaxъ*lelějaaše*lelějaaše —*lelěji*lelěji
Dual *lelějaaxově*lelějaašeta*lelějaašete *lelějivě*lelějita—
Plural *lelějaaxomъ*lelějaašete*lelějaaxǫ *lelějimъ*lelějite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лелѣꙗти (lelějati)
      • Belarusian: леле́ць (ljeljécʹ), ляле́ць (ljaljécʹ)
      • Russian: леле́ять (leléjatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: лелíяти (lelíjaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: леле́я (leléja)
    • Macedonian: лелее (lelee)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: лелѐjати, лелѝjати
      Latin script: lelèjati, lelìjati
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lelějati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “леле́ять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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