ležàti

ležàti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `lie'

Page in Trubačev: XIV 161-165

Old Church Slavic:

ležati `lie, be (situated)' [verb], ležǫ [1sg], ležiši [2sg]

Russian:

ležát' `lie, be (situated)' [verb], ležú [1sg], ležít [3sg]

Ukrainian:

ležaty `lie, be ill' [verb], ležú [1sg]

Czech:

ležeti `lie, lie asleep, lie ill' [verb]

Old Czech:

ležěti `lie, lie asleep' [verb]

Slovak:

ležat' `lie, sleep, lie ill' [verb]

Polish:

leżeć `lie, be situated' [verb]

Slovincian:

lìežĕc `lie' [verb]

Upper Sorbian:

ležeć `lie' [verb]

Lower Sorbian:

lažaš `lie, rest' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

lèžati `lie, be ill' [verb], ležȋm [1sg];

Čak. ležȁti (Vrgada) `lie, be ill' [verb], ležĩš [2sg];

Čak. ležȁt (Orbanići) `lie' [verb], ležĩš [2sg]

Slovene:

léžati `lie' [verb], ležím [1sg]

Bulgarian:

ležá `lie, spend the night, be ill' [verb]

Macedonian:

leži `lie, be in custody, be situated' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: legʰ-

IE meaning: to lie

Certainty: +

Page in Pokorny: 658

Other cognates:

Gk. λέχομαι (Hes.) `go to sleep' [verb];

Go. ligan `lie' [verb]