лётаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• lotać — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lětati, from earlier *lektati. Cognate with Ukrainian літа́ти (litáty), Russian лета́ть (letátʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʲotat͡sʲ]
• Hyphenation: лё‧таць

Verb

лётаць • (ljótacʹ) impf (perfective палётаць)

1. (intransitive) to fly (move through the air in various directions)

   Над даро́гай лёталі ла́стаўкі.

   Nad daróhaj ljótali lástawki.

   Swallows were flying over the road.

2. (colloquial, figurative) to dash about, to bustle

Conjugation

Conjugation of лётаць (class 1a, imperfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	лётаць ljótacʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	лётаючы ljótajučy	лётаўшы ljótawšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	лётаю ljótaju	бу́ду лётаць búdu ljótacʹ
2nd singular ты	лётаеш ljótaješ	бу́дзеш лётаць búdzješ ljótacʹ
3rd singular ён / яна́ / яно́	лётае ljótaje	бу́дзе лётаць búdzje ljótacʹ
1st plural мы	лётаем ljótajem	бу́дзем лётаць búdzjem ljótacʹ
2nd plural вы	лётаеце ljótajecje	бу́дзеце лётаць búdzjecje ljótacʹ
3rd plural яны́	лётаюць ljótajucʹ	бу́дуць лётаць búducʹ ljótacʹ
imperative	singular	plural
second-person	лётай ljótaj	лётайце ljótajcje
past tense	singular	plural мы / вы / яны́
masculine я / ты / ён	лётаў ljótaw	лёталі ljótali
feminine я / ты / яна́	лётала ljótala
neuter яно́	лётала ljótala

Synonyms

• лята́ць (ljatácʹ)

Derived terms

• адлётаць (adljótacʹ)
• залётаць (zaljótacʹ)
• палётаць (paljótacʹ)
• разлётацца (razljótacca)

References

• "лётаць" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum
• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лётаць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika