Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lyzgati

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewǵ- (“to slide”). Compare Latvian lužas (“hunting ski”), Lithuanian šliū̃žės pl (“sledges or carriages for carrying heavy loads”), Dutch sluiken (“to smuggle”).

Verb

*lyzgati impf

1. (reflexive with *sę) to slide, to skate on ice

Inflection

Conjugation of *lyzgati, *lyzga, *lyzgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lyzganьje	*lyzgati	*lyzgatъ	*lyzgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lyzganъ	*lyzgajemъ
Active	*lyzgavъ	*lyzgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lyzgaxъ	*lyzga	*lyzga	*lyzgajǫ	*lyzgaješi	*lyzgajetь
Dual	*lyzgaxově	*lyzgasta	*lyzgaste	*lyzgajevě	*lyzgajeta	*lyzgajete
Plural	*lyzgaxomъ	*lyzgaste	*lyzgašę	*lyzgajemъ	*lyzgajete	*lyzgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lyzgaaxъ	*lyzgaaše	*lyzgaaše	—	*lyzgaji	*lyzgaji
Dual	*lyzgaaxově	*lyzgaašeta	*lyzgaašete	*lyzgajivě	*lyzgajita	—
Plural	*lyzgaaxomъ	*lyzgaašete	*lyzgaaxǫ	*lyzgajimъ	*lyzgajite	—

Derived terms

nouns

• *lyža

 

Related terms

nouns

• *lyži

 

Descendants

• East Slavic
  • Belarusian: лы́згаць (lýzhacʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: лы́згать (lýzgatʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: ли́згам (lízgam) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: лизга (lizga)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)

    Cyrillic script: лѝзгати

    Latin script: lìzgati

from *lъzgati

• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: лъ́згам (lǎ́zgam)

from *luzgati

• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: лу́згам (lúzgam)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 255
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214