leći

See also: leci and leči

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *legtei, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰeti, from *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Verb

lȅći pf (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ћи)

1. (intransitive) to lay, lie down
2. (intransitive) to fit (+u (“in”) or na (“on”)) (match by size and shape)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lȅći / lȅgnuti

Infinitive: lȅći / lȅgnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: lȅgāvši / lȅgnūvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ležem / legnem	ležeš / legneš	leže / legne	ležemo / legnemo	ležete / legnete	legu / legnu
Future	Future I	leći / legnut ću1 leći / legnuću	leći / legnut ćeš1 leći / legnućeš	leći / legnut će1 leći / legnuće	leći / legnut ćemo1 leći / legnućemo	leći / legnut ćete1 leći / legnućete	leći / legnut će1 leći / legnuće
	Future II	bȕdēm legao2	bȕdēš legao2	bȕdē legao2	bȕdēmo legli2	bȕdēte legli2	bȕdū legli2
Past	Perfect	legao sam2	legao si2	legao je2	legli smo2	legli ste2	legli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam legao2	bȉo si legao2	bȉo je legao2	bíli smo legli2	bíli ste legli2	bíli su legli2
	Aorist	legoh / legnuh	leže / legnu	leže / legnu	legosmo / legnusmo	legoste / legnuste	legoše / legnoše
Conditional I		legao bih2	legao bi2	legao bi2	legli bismo2	legli biste2	legli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih legao2	bȉo bi legao2	bȉo bi legao2	bíli bismo legli2	bíli biste legli2	bíli bi legli2
Imperative		—	lezi / lez / legni	—	lezimo / legnimo	lezite / legnite	—
Active past participle		legao m / legla f / leglo n			legli m / legle f / legla n
Passive past participle		legnut m / legnuta f / legnuto n			legnuti m / legnute f / legnuta n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Synonyms

• (alternative infinitive): lȅgnuti

Derived terms

• nàleći
• pòleći
• prìleći

• slȅći
• ùleći se
• zàleći

Related terms

• lèžati impf
• lijégati impf

Verb

lȇći impf (Cyrillic spelling ле̑ћи)

1. (intransitive) to hatch, brood (keep an egg warm to make it hatch)

Conjugation

Conjugation of leći

Infinitive: leći		Present verbal adverb: légūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: léžēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ležem	ležeš	leže	ležemo	ležete	legu
Future	Future I	leći ću	leći ćeš	leći će	leći ćemo	leći ćete	leći će
	Future II	bȕdēm legao2	bȕdēš legao2	bȕdē legao2	bȕdēmo legli2	bȕdēte legli2	bȕdū legli2
Past	Perfect	legao sam2	legao si2	legao je2	legli smo2	legli ste2	legli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam legao2	bȉo si legao2	bȉo je legao2	bíli smo legli2	bíli ste legli2	bíli su legli2
	Imperfect	lezijah / ležah	lezijaše / ležaše	lezijaše / ležaše	lezijasmo / ležasmo	lezijaste / ležaste	lezijahu / ležahu
Conditional I		legao bih2	legao bi2	legao bi2	legli bismo2	legli biste2	legli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih legao2	bȉo bi legao2	bȉo bi legao2	bíli bismo legli2	bíli biste legli2	bíli bi legli2
Imperative		—	lezi	—	lezimo	lezite	—
Active past participle		legao m / legla f / leglo n			legli m / legle f / legla n
Passive past participle		ležen m / ležena f / leženo n			leženi m / ležene f / ležena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.

Derived terms

• ìzlēći

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leći (Cyrillic spelling лећи)

1. dative/locative singular of leća