lękati

lękati; lęcati Grammatical information: v.

Page in Trubačev: XV 59-61

Old Church Slavic:

lęčǫtъ `set traps' [3pl]

Russian:

ljakát' (dial.) `scare, chase a fish caught in a net' [verb]

Czech:

lekati `scare' [verb];

léceti `lay snares, set traps' [verb];

líceti `lay snares, set traps' [verb]

Old Czech:

léceti `lay snares, set traps' [verb]

Polish:

lękać się `be afraid' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

lécati se `not feel well, fear' [verb];

lȅcati se `not feel well, fear' [verb]

Slovene:

lę́cati `bend, lay snares, tremble, be scared' [verb], lę́cam [1sg]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: lenktei

Lithuanian:

leñkti `bend' [verb]

Latvian:

lìekt `bend' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: lenk-

Page in Pokorny: 676

Comments: The form lęcati shows the regular reflex of the second palatalization.