sedeti

See also: sėdėti and sěděti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀤𑁂𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सेदेति (Devanagari script)
• সেদেতি (Bengali script)
• සෙදෙති (Sinhalese script)
• သေဒေတိ or သေၻေတိ (Burmese script)
• เสเทติ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨴᩮᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສເທຕິ (Lao script)
• សេទេតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄘𑄬𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्वेदयति (svedayati). Synchronically analysed as the causative of sijjati.

Verb

sedeti

1. to cause to sweat; to heat

Derived terms

• parisedeti

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sedeti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• sjèditi (Ijekavian)
• sjèdjeti (Ijekavian, alternative infinitive)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sědeti/
• Hyphenation: se‧de‧ti

Verb

sèdeti impf (Cyrillic spelling сѐдети)

1. (intransitive) to sit

Conjugation

Conjugation of sedeti

infinitive		sedeti
present verbal adverb		sèdēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		sèdēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		sedim	sediš	sedi	sedimo	sedite	sede
future	future I	sedit ću1 sediću	sedit ćeš1 sedićeš	sedit će1 sediće	sedit ćemo1 sedićemo	sedit ćete1 sedićete	sedit ćē1 sediće
	future II	bȕdēm sedeo2	bȕdēš sedeo2	bȕdē sedeo2	bȕdēmo sedeli2	bȕdēte sedeli2	bȕdū sedeli2
past	perfect	sedeo sam2	sedeo si2	sedeo je2	sedeli smo2	sedeli ste2	sedeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam sedeo2	bȉo si sedeo2	bȉo je sedeo2	bíli smo sedeli2	bíli ste sedeli2	bíli su sedeli2
	imperfect	seđah	seđaše	seđaše	seđasmo	seđaste	seđahu
conditional	conditional I	sedeo bih2	sedeo bi2	sedeo bi2	sedeli bismo2	sedeli biste2	sedeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih sedeo2	bȉo bi sedeo2	bȉo bi sedeo2	bíli bismo sedeli2	bíli biste sedeli2	bíli bi sedeli2
imperative		—	sedi	—	sedimo	sedite	—
active past participle		sedeo m / sedela f / sedelo n			sedeli m / sedele f / sedela n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• sȅdati impf
• sȅsti pf

Etymology 2

From sȇd.

Alternative forms

• sijédjeti (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěːdeti/
• Hyphenation: se‧de‧ti

Verb

sédeti impf (Cyrillic spelling се́дети)

1. (intransitive) to become gray, gray-haired

Conjugation

Conjugation of sedeti

infinitive		sedeti
present verbal adverb		sédēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		séđēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		sedim	sediš	sedi	sedimo	sedite	sede
future	future I	sedjet ću1 sedeću	sedjet ćeš1 sedećeš	sedjet će1 sedeće	sedjet ćemo1 sedećemo	sedjet ćete1 sedećete	sedjet ćē1 sedeće
	future II	bȕdēm sedeo2	bȕdēš sedeo2	bȕdē sedeo2	bȕdēmo sedeli2	bȕdēte sedeli2	bȕdū sedeli2
past	perfect	sedeo sam2	sedeo si2	sedeo je2	sedeli smo2	sedeli ste2	sedeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam sedeo2	bȉo si sedeo2	bȉo je sedeo2	bíli smo sedeli2	bíli ste sedeli2	bíli su sedeli2
	imperfect	seđah	seđaše	seđaše	seđasmo	seđaste	seđahu
conditional	conditional I	sedeo bih2	sedeo bi2	sedeo bi2	sedeli bismo2	sedeli biste2	sedeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih sedeo2	bȉo bi sedeo2	bȉo bi sedeo2	bíli bismo sedeli2	bíli biste sedeli2	bíli bi sedeli2
imperative		—	sedi	—	sedimo	sedite	—
active past participle		sedeo m / sedela f / sedelo n			sedeli m / sedele f / sedela n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• posédeti

References

• “sedeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “sedeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛdèːti/
• Hyphenation: se‧de‧ti

Verb

sedẹ́ti impf

1. (intransitive) to sit

Conjugation

-eti -im
infinitive	sedẹ́ti
1st singular	sedím
infinitive	sedẹ́ti			sedet
supine	sedȅt, sedẹ̑t
verbal noun	sedénje
	participle			converb
present	sedȅč			sedẹ̄
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	sedȅł, sedẹ̑ł		sedẹ̄la		sedẹ̄lo
dual	sedẹ̄la		sedẹ̄li		sedẹ̄li
plural	sedẹ̄li		sedẹ̄le		sedẹ̄la
	present			imperative
1st singular	sedím			—
2nd singular	sedíš			sédi
3rd singular	sedí			—
1st dual	sedíva			sedȋva
2nd dual	sedíta			sedȋta
3rd dual	sedíta			—
1st plural	sedímo			sedȋmo
2nd plural	sedíte			sedȋte
3rd plural	sedíjo			—

Derived terms

• obsedẹ́ti
• odsedẹ́ti
• presedẹ́ti
• zasedẹ́ti

Further reading

• “sedeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025