Proto-Slavic
*lękti ( earlier, unassimilated form, as in Derksen, Chernykh, Vasmer )
*lękťi ( earlier, partly assimilated form, as in Trubachev )
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lenk- . Cognate with Lithuanian leñkti ( “ to bend ” ) , Latvian lìekt ( “ to bend ” ) . Per Derksen, the root is limited to Balto-Slavic. Trubachev similarly dismisses as unreliable or unlikely various hypotheses of other scholars, e.g. connections with Latin oblīquus ( “ curved ” ) , Sanskrit अभिव्लग् ( abhivlag , “ to catch ” ) .
Verb
*lęťi
to bend
Inflection
Conjugation of
*lęťi, *lęče, *lęčetь (?,
-C- , _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*lęčenьje
*lęťi
*lęťь
*lęklъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*lęčenъ
*lękomъ
Active
*lękъ
*lęky
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*lęk(ox)ъ
*lęče
*lęče
*lękǫ
*lęčeši
*lęčetь
Dual
*lęk(ox)ově
*lęk(e/os)ta
*lęk(e/os)te
*lęčevě
*lęčeta
*lęčete
Plural
*lęk(ox)omъ
*lęk(e/os)te
*lękǫ, *lękošę
*lęčemъ
*lęčete
*lękǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*lęčaaxъ
*lęčaaše
*lęčaaše
—
*lęci
*lęci
Dual
*lęčaaxově
*lęčaašeta
*lęčaašete
*lęcěvě
*lęcěta
—
Plural
*lęčaaxomъ
*lęčaašete
*lęčaaxǫ
*lęcěmъ
*lęcěte
—
Conjugation of
*lęťi, *lęče, *lęčetь (?,
-C- , s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun
Infinitive
Supine
L-participle
*lęčenьje
*lęťi
*lęťь
*lęklъ
Participles
Tense
Past
Present
Passive
*lęčenъ
*lękomъ
Active
*lękъ
*lęky
Aorist
Present
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*lęxъ
*lęče
*lęče
*lękǫ
*lęčeši
*lęčetь
Dual
*lęxově
*lęsta
*lęste
*lęčevě
*lęčeta
*lęčete
Plural
*lęxomъ
*lęste
*lęšę
*lęčemъ
*lęčete
*lękǫtь
Imperfect
Imperative
Person
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Singular
*lęčaaxъ
*lęčaaše
*lęčaaše
—
*lęci
*lęci
Dual
*lęčaaxově
*lęčaašeta
*lęčaašete
*lęcěvě
*lęcěta
—
Plural
*lęčaaxomъ
*lęčaašete
*lęčaaxǫ
*lęcěmъ
*lęcěte
—
Descendants
Church Slavonic: лѧщи ( lęšti )
East Slavic:
Old East Slavic: лѧщи ( lęšči )
West Slavic:
Czech: léci ( archaic ) ; líct ( dialectal )
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: lac ( archaic )
Lower Sorbian: lěc
References
Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*lękti ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , →ISSN , page 277
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1988 ), “*lękti ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages ] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 62