Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьstiti

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

From *lьstь +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*lьstiti

1. to deceive, seduce

Inflection

Conjugation of *lьstiti, *lьsti, *lьstitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lьsťenьje	*lьstiti	*lьstitъ	*lьstilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lьsťenъ	*lьstimъ
Active	*lьsťь	*lьstę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lьstixъ	*lьsti	*lьsti	*lьsťǫ	*lьstiši	*lьstitь
Dual	*lьstixově	*lьstista	*lьstiste	*lьstivě	*lьstita	*lьstite
Plural	*lьstixomъ	*lьstiste	*lьstišę	*lьstimъ	*lьstite	*lьstętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lьsťaaxъ	*lьsťaaše	*lьsťaaše	—	*lьsti	*lьsti
Dual	*lьsťaaxově	*lьsťaašeta	*lьsťaašete	*lьstivě	*lьstita	—
Plural	*lьsťaaxomъ	*lьsťaašete	*lьsťaaxǫ	*lьstimъ	*lьstite	—

Notes:
• (*)*lьstivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: лесцíць (ljescícʹ)
  • Russian: льстить (lʹstitʹ)
  • Ukrainian: лести́ти (lestýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: льстити (lĭstiti)

    • Bulgarian: лъстя̀ (lǎstjà)

Further reading

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