Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leťi.
Verb
лещи • (lešti) pf
- to lie down
Conjugation
Conjugation of лещи (class IA1, intransitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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лещи lešti
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лещь leštĭ
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лѧженьѥ lęženĭje
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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лѧгꙑ lęgy
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легъ legŭ
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| passive
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—
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—
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| l-participle
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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| singular
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леглъ leglŭ
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легло leglo
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легла legla
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| dual
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легла legla
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леглѣ leglě
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леглѣ leglě
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| plural
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легли legli
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легла legla
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леглꙑ legly
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present
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imperfect
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imperative
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| singular
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1st
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лѧгѫ lęgǫ
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лѧжаахъ lęžaaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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лѧжеши lęžeši
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лѧжааше lęžaaše
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лѧѕи lędzi
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| 3rd
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лѧжетъ lęžetŭ
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лѧжааше lęžaaše
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лѧѕи lędzi
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| dual
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1st
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лѧжевѣ lęževě
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лѧжааховѣ lęžaaxově
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лѧѕѣве lędzěve
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| 2nd
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лѧжета lęžeta
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лѧжаашета lęžaašeta
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лѧѕѣта lędzěta
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| 3rd
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лѧжете, лѧжета lęžete, lęžeta
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лѧжаашете, лѧжаашета lęžaašete, lęžaašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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лѧжемъ lęžemŭ
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лѧжаахомъ lęžaaxomŭ
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лѧѕѣмъ lędzěmŭ
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| 2nd
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лѧжете lęžete
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лѧжаашете lęžaašete
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лѧѕѣте lędzěte
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| 3rd
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лѧгѫтъ lęgǫtŭ
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лѧжаахѫ lęžaaxǫ
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—
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ox-aorist5
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root aorist6
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| singular
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1st
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легохъ legoxŭ
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легъ legŭ
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| 2nd
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леже leže
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леже leže
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| 3rd
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леже leže
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леже leže
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| dual
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1st
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легоховѣ legoxově
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леговѣ legově
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| 2nd
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легоста legosta
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лежета ležeta
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| 3rd
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легосте, легоста legoste, legosta
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лежете, лежета ležete, ležeta
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| plural
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1st
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легохомъ legoxomŭ
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легомъ legomŭ
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| 2nd
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легосте legoste
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лежете ležete
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| 3rd
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легошѧ legošę
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легѫ legǫ
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| compound tenses
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of лещи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → леглъ ѥсмь
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of лещи and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → леглъ бѣхъ or леглъ бѣахъ
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| future
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Use the infinitive of лещи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. first-person singular → имамь лещи, хощѫ лещи, начьнѫ лещи or въчьнѫ лещи
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| future perfect2, 3
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Use the l-participle of лещи and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → леглъ бѫдѫ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of лещи and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → леглъ бимь or леглъ бꙑхъ
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1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a new aorist.
6 Also called an asigmatic or simple aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of лещи. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .
Derived terms
- възлещи (vŭzlešti)
- облещи (oblešti)
- оулещи (ulešti)
- сълогъ (sŭlogŭ)
- прилогъ (prilogŭ)
References
- Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 305
- Svetozar Nikolić, Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Naučna knjiga, Beograd, 1989.
Further reading
- “лещи”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
- А. К. Поливанова, editor (2013), “Глагол лешти”, in Старославянский язык. Грамматика. Словари.[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Университет Дмитрия Пожарского, page 345
- Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “лещи”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)[2], volume 2 (overall work in Czech), Prague: Euroslavica, page 113
- “лещи”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
лещи́ • (leščí) m anim pl or m inan pl
- inflection of лещ (lešč):
- nominative plural
- inanimate accusative plural