сѣщи

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⱄⱑⱋⰹ (sěšti)
• сѣшти (sěšti)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěťi, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Verb

сѣщи • (sěšti) impf

1. to hack, chop off
2. to cut down
3. to scratch, carve
4. to sacrifice, slaughter

Conjugation

Conjugation of сѣщи (class IA1, transitive)

infinitive supine verbal noun сѣщи sěšti сѣщь1 sěštĭ1 сѣч1ениѥ sěč1enije participles1 present past active сѣкꙑ sěky сѣкъ sěkŭ passive сѣкомъ sěkomŭ сѣч1енъ sěč1enŭ l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular сѣклъ sěklŭ сѣкло sěklo сѣкла sěkla dual сѣкла sěkla сѣклѣ sěklě сѣклѣ sěklě plural сѣкли sěkli сѣкла sěkla сѣклꙑ sěkly present imperfect imperative singular 1st сѣкѫ sěkǫ сѣч1аахъ sěč1aaxŭ — 2nd сѣч1еши sěč1eši сѣч1ааше sěč1aaše сѣц1и sěc1i 3rd сѣч1етъ sěč1etŭ сѣч1ааше sěč1aaše сѣц1и sěc1i dual 1st сѣч1евѣ sěč1evě сѣч1ааховѣ sěč1aaxově сѣц1ѣве sěc1ěve 2nd сѣч1ета sěč1eta сѣч1аашета sěč1aašeta сѣц1ѣта sěc1ěta 3rd сѣч1ете, сѣч1ета sěč1ete, sěč1eta сѣч1аашете, сѣч1аашета sěč1aašete, sěč1aašeta — plural 1st сѣч1емъ sěč1emŭ сѣч1аахомъ sěč1aaxomŭ сѣц1ѣмъ sěc1ěmŭ 2nd сѣч1ете sěč1ete сѣч1аашете sěč1aašete сѣц1ѣте sěc1ěte 3rd сѣкѫтъ sěkǫtŭ сѣч1аахѫ sěč1aaxǫ — ?-aorist singular 1st 2nd 3rd dual 1st 2nd 3rd plural 1st 2nd 3rd compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of сѣщи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ сѣщи future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ 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.

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

Derived terms

• исѣщи (isěšti)
• отъсѣщи (otŭsěšti)
• посѣщи (posěšti)
• прѣсѣщи (prěsěšti)
• расѣщи (rasěšti)
• съсѣщи (sŭsěšti)
• оусѣщи (usěšti)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: сека (seka)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: се̏ћи
  • Latin: sȅći

Further reading

• “сѣщи”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
• Koch, Christoph (1990), “§ 54 Konj. I.1a,1b2 (sěkǫ sešti)”, in Das morphologische System des altkirchenslavischen Verbums‎^[1] (in German), Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, page 611