ležati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ležati. First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěʒati/
• Hyphenation: le‧ža‧ti

Verb

lèžati impf (Cyrillic spelling лѐжати)

1. (intransitive) to lie, recline
2. (intransitive) to be situated, be located

Conjugation

Conjugation of ležati

infinitive		ležati
present verbal adverb		lèžēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		lèžānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		ležim	ležiš	leži	ležimo	ležite	leže
future	future I	ležat ću1 ležaću	ležat ćeš1 ležaćeš	ležat će1 ležaće	ležat ćemo1 ležaćemo	ležat ćete1 ležaćete	ležat ćē1 ležaće
	future II	bȕdēm ležao2	bȕdēš ležao2	bȕdē ležao2	bȕdēmo ležali2	bȕdēte ležali2	bȕdū ležali2
past	perfect	ležao sam2	ležao si2	ležao je2	ležali smo2	ležali ste2	ležali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam ležao2	bȉo si ležao2	bȉo je ležao2	bíli smo ležali2	bíli ste ležali2	bíli su ležali2
	imperfect	ležah	ležaše	ležaše	ležasmo	ležaste	ležahu
conditional	conditional I	ležao bih2	ležao bi2	ležao bi2	ležali bismo2	ležali biste2	ležali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih ležao2	bȉo bi ležao2	bȉo bi ležao2	bíli bismo ležali2	bíli biste ležali2	bíli bi ležali2
imperative		—	leži	—	ležimo	ležite	—
active past participle		ležao m / ležala f / ležalo n			ležali m / ležale f / ležala 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.

Derived terms

• odlèžati
• polèžati
• prelèžati
• ulèžati se
• zalèžati se

Related terms

• lȅći pf

Further reading

• “ležati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ležati

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛʒàːti/
• Hyphenation: le‧žá‧ti

Verb

ležáti impf

1. (intransitive) to lie (be in horizontal position)

Conjugation

-ati -im
infinitive	ležáti
1st singular	ležím
infinitive	ležáti			léžat
supine	léžat
verbal noun	ležȃnje
	participle			converb
present	ležȅč			ležẹ̄
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	léžał		ležȃla		ležálo
dual	ležála		ležáli		ležáli
plural	ležáli		ležále		ležála
	present			imperative
1st singular	ležím			—
2nd singular	ležíš			léži
3rd singular	leží			—
1st dual	ležíva			ležȋva
2nd dual	ležíta			ležȋta
3rd dual	ležíta			—
1st plural	ležímo			ležȋmo
2nd plural	ležíte			ležȋte
3rd plural	ležíjo			—

Derived terms

• obležáti
• odležáti
• poležáti
• preležáti
• uležáti
• zaležáti

Further reading

• “ležati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ležati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references