leći

See also: leci and leči

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *leťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *legtei, from Proto-Indo-European *légʰeti, from *legʰ- (“to lie”).

Verb

lȅći pf (Cyrillic spelling ле̏ћи)

(intransitive) to lie down
(intransitive) to fit (+u (“in”) or na (“on”)) (match by size and shape)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lȅći / lȅgnuti

Infinitive: lȅći / lȅgnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: lȅgāvši / lȅgnūvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ležem / legnem	ležeš / legneš	leže / legne	ležemo / legnemo	ležete / legnete	legu / legnu
Future	Future I	leći / legnut ću¹ leći / legnuću	leći / legnut ćeš¹ leći / legnućeš	leći / legnut će¹ leći / legnuće	leći / legnut ćemo¹ leći / legnućemo	leći / legnut ćete¹ leći / legnućete	leći / legnut će¹ leći / legnuće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm legao²	bȕdēš legao²	bȕdē legao²	bȕdēmo legli²	bȕdēte legli²	bȕdū legli²
Past	Perfect	legao sam²	legao si²	legao je²	legli smo²	legli ste²	legli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam legao²	bȉo si legao²	bȉo je legao²	bíli smo legli²	bíli ste legli²	bíli su legli²
	Aorist	legoh / legnuh	leže / legnu	leže / legnu	legosmo / legnusmo	legoste / legnuste	legoše / legnoše
Conditional I		legao bih²	legao bi²	legao bi²	legli bismo²	legli biste²	legli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih legao²	bȉo bi legao²	bȉo bi legao²	bíli bismo legli²	bíli biste legli²	bíli bi legli²
Imperative		—	lezi / lez / legni	—	lezimo / legnimo	lezite / legnite	—
Active past participle		legao m / legla f / leglo n			legli m / legle f / legla n
Passive past participle		legnut m / legnuta f / legnuto n			legnuti m / legnute f / legnuta 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.

Synonyms

(alternative infinitive): lȅgnuti

Derived terms

nàleći
pòleći
prìleći
slȅći
ùleći se
zàleći

Related terms

lèžati impf
lijégati impf

Verb

lȇći impf (Cyrillic spelling ле̑ћи)

(intransitive) to hatch, brood (keep an egg warm to make it hatch)

Conjugation

Conjugation of leći

Infinitive: leći		Present verbal adverb: légūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: léžēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ležem	ležeš	leže	ležemo	ležete	legu
Future	Future I	leći ću	leći ćeš	leći će	leći ćemo	leći ćete	leći će
Future	Future II	bȕdēm legao²	bȕdēš legao²	bȕdē legao²	bȕdēmo legli²	bȕdēte legli²	bȕdū legli²
Past	Perfect	legao sam²	legao si²	legao je²	legli smo²	legli ste²	legli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam legao²	bȉo si legao²	bȉo je legao²	bíli smo legli²	bíli ste legli²	bíli su legli²
	Imperfect	lezijah / ležah	lezijaše / ležaše	lezijaše / ležaše	lezijasmo / ležasmo	lezijaste / ležaste	lezijahu / ležahu
Conditional I		legao bih²	legao bi²	legao bi²	legli bismo²	legli biste²	legli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih legao²	bȉo bi legao²	bȉo bi legao²	bíli bismo legli²	bíli biste legli²	bíli bi legli²
Imperative		—	lezi	—	lezimo	lezite	—
Active past participle		legao m / legla f / leglo n			legli m / legle f / legla n
Passive past participle		ležen m / ležena f / leženo n			leženi m / ležene f / ležena 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.

Derived terms

ìzlēći

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leći (Cyrillic spelling лећи)

dative/locative singular of leća

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