lagati

Serbo-Croatian

/lǎɡati/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) to lie (when with an object, followed by a dative in western and an accusative in eastern Serbo-Croatian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъgati derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (swear, tell a lie, tell lies, bemoan, complain, lie).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lewgʰ-

Gloss

swear, tell a lie, tell lies, bemoan, complain, lie

Concept
Semantic Field

Law

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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