Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьpěti

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

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”). Akin to Lithuanian lìpti (“to stick”), Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), Sanskrit लिप्यते (lipyate, “to be stuck”).

Verb

*lьpěti impf

1. (intransitive) to adhere, to cling

Conjugation

Conjugation of *lьpěti, *lьpě, *lьpitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ěti

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lьpěnьje	*lьpěti	*lьpětъ	*lьpělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lьpěnъ	*lьpimъ
Active	*lьpěvъ	*lьpę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lьpěxъ	*lьpě	*lьpě	*lьpľǫ	*lьpiši	*lьpitь
Dual	*lьpěxově	*lьpěsta	*lьpěste	*lьpivě	*lьpita	*lьpite
Plural	*lьpěxomъ	*lьpěste	*lьpěšę	*lьpimъ	*lьpite	*lьpętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lьpěaxъ	*lьpěaše	*lьpěaše	—	*lьpi	*lьpi
Dual	*lьpěaxově	*lьpěašeta	*lьpěašete	*lьpivě	*lьpita	—
Plural	*lьpěaxomъ	*lьpěašete	*lьpěaxǫ	*lьpimъ	*lьpite	—

Related terms

adjectives

• *lěpъ
• *lipъkъ

 

nouns

• *lěpidlo
• *lěpъ
• *lipa

 

verbs

• *lěpiti
• *lьnǫti

 

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lpieti
    • Czech: lpět, lpít
  • Old Polish: lpieć
    • Middle Polish: lpieć
  • Slovak: ľpieť

Further reading

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