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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *lēkiz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_lēkiz_2</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_grc_alego" xml:lang="grc" type="cognate">
          <orth>ἀλέγω</orth>
          <form type="translit">
            <orth>alégō</orth>
          </form>
          <def>to care for</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_h2leg" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*h₂leg-</orth>
          <def>to care for</def>
        </item>
        <item xml:id="cog_itc-x-proto_lego" xml:lang="itc-x-proto" type="cognate">
          <orth>*legō</orth>
          <def>to care</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_lekiz_2" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lēkiz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>lēkiz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈlɛː.kiz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᛖᚲᛁᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">i-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>healing</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Possible vṛddhi gerundive of otherwise unattested *lekaną (‘to heal’), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lég-e-ti, from Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h2leg"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_h2leg">*h₂leg-</ref></mentioned> (‘to care for’). Cognate with Ancient Greek <mentioned xml:lang="grc" target="#cog_grc_alego"><ref target="#cog_grc_alego">ἀλέγω</ref></mentioned> (alégō, ‘to care for’), Proto-Italic <mentioned xml:lang="itc-x-proto" target="#cog_itc-x-proto_lego"><ref target="#cog_itc-x-proto_lego">*legō</ref></mentioned> (‘to care’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkį, -jatō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkį, -jatō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijas, lēkīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijas, lēkīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>lēkijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>lēkijammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>lēkijōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>lēkijammiz</orth>
            </form>
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