Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lučiti

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

• Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *laukīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *lowk-éye-ti, causative/iterative from the root *lewk- (“light”).
• Vasmer assumes the same Indo-European root and postulates the following semantic development: "light" > "see" > "look for" > "wait for" > "get" > "accomplish, reach, throw, etc.".

Verb

*lučìti

1. to happen (?)
2. to accomplish, find, receive, get, aim, reach, attain (?)
3. to throw, fling (?)

Inflection

Conjugation of *lučiti, *luči, *lučitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lučenьje	*lučiti	*lučitъ	*lučilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lučenъ	*lučimъ
Active	*lučь	*lučę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lučixъ	*luči	*luči	*lučǫ	*lučiši	*lučitь
Dual	*lučixově	*lučista	*lučiste	*lučivě	*lučita	*lučite
Plural	*lučixomъ	*lučiste	*lučišę	*lučimъ	*lučite	*lučętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lučaaxъ	*lučaaše	*lučaaše	—	*luči	*luči
Dual	*lučaaxově	*lučaašeta	*lučaašete	*lučivě	*lučita	—
Plural	*lučaaxomъ	*lučaašete	*lučaaxǫ	*lučimъ	*lučite	—

Notes:
• (*)*lučivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *lūčà (“ray, beam”)
• *lũčь (“ray, torch”)
• *lunà (“moon”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лꙋчити (lučiti), лꙋчитисꙗ (lučitisja)
    • Belarusian: лу́чыць (lúčycʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: лучи́ть (lučítʹ) (dialectal), лучи́ться (lučítʹsja) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: лу́чити (lúčyty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: лоучити (lučiti)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: лу́ча (lúča)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лу́чити, лучити (Mažuranić's dictionary)

    Latin: lúčiti, lučiti (Mažuranić's dictionary)

  • Slovene: lučīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lučit
  • Old Polish: łuczyć
  • Slovak: lúčiť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лучи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*leu̯k-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 418–419
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lučiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 162