сѣдѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from *sedéh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Verb

сѣдѣти • (sěděti) impf

1. reside, live
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2559-2561:

     и тоу сѣдѧще щоуждꙑѩ домꙑ строѩтъ своихъ безоумиѥмь отъбѣгъше

     i tu sědęšte štuždyję domy strojętŭ svoixŭ bezumijemĭ otŭběgŭše

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • from Primary Chronicle, XX:

     Полꙗми же прозваша сꙗ, за неже въ поли сѣдꙗхᲂу.

     Poljami že prozvaša sja, za neže vŭ poli sědjaxu.

     They call themselves Polans, because they lived in the fields.

2. (intransitive) to sit, be sitting

Conjugation

Conjugation of сѣдѣти (class II2, intransitive)

infinitive supine verbal noun сѣдѣти sěděti сѣдѣтъ sědětŭ сѣдѣниѥ sěděnije participles1 present past active сѣдѧ sědę сѣдѣвъ sěděvŭ passive — — l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular сѣдѣлъ sědělŭ сѣдѣло sědělo сѣдѣла sěděla dual сѣдѣла sěděla сѣдѣлѣ sědělě сѣдѣлѣ sědělě plural сѣдѣли sěděli сѣдѣла sěděla сѣдѣлꙑ sěděly present imperfect imperative singular 1st сѣждѫ sěždǫ сѣдѣахъ sěděaxŭ — 2nd сѣдиши sědiši сѣдѣаше sěděaše сѣди sědi 3rd сѣдитъ sěditŭ сѣдѣаше sěděaše сѣди sědi dual 1st сѣдивѣ sědivě сѣдѣаховѣ sěděaxově сѣдивѣ sědivě 2nd сѣдита sědita сѣдѣашета sěděašeta сѣдита sědita 3rd сѣдите, сѣдита sědite, sědita сѣдѣашете, сѣдѣашета sěděašete, sěděašeta — plural 1st сѣдимъ sědimŭ сѣдѣахомъ sěděaxomŭ сѣдимъ sědimŭ 2nd сѣдите sědite сѣдѣашете sěděašete сѣдите sědite 3rd сѣдѧтъ sědętŭ сѣдѣахѫ sěděaxǫ — s-aorist6 singular 1st сѣдѣхъ sěděxŭ 2nd сѣдѣ sědě 3rd сѣдѣ sědě dual 1st сѣдѣховѣ sěděxově 2nd сѣдѣста sěděsta 3rd сѣдѣсте, сѣдѣста sěděste, sěděsta plural 1st сѣдѣхомъ sěděxomŭ 2nd сѣдѣсте sěděste 3rd сѣдѣшѧ sěděšę compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of сѣдѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣдѣлъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of сѣдѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣдѣлъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of сѣдѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ сѣдѣти future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of сѣдѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣдѣлъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of сѣдѣти and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣдѣлъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of сѣдѣти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Related terms

• досѣдѣти (dosěděti)