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

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		sèdēvši
verbal noun		sèdēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		sèdīm	sèdīš	sèdī	sedímo	sedíte	sèdē
future	future I	sèdet ću1 sèdeću	sèdet ćeš1 sèdećeš	sèdet će1 sèdeće	sèdet ćemo1 sèdećemo	sèdet ćete1 sèdećete	sèdet ćē1 sèdećē
	future II	bȕdēm sèdeo2	bȕdēš sèdeo2	bȕdē sèdeo2	bȕdēmo sèdeli2	bȕdēte sèdeli2	bȕdū sèdeli2
past	perfect	sèdeo sam2	sèdeo si2	sèdeo je2	sèdeli smo2	sèdeli ste2	sèdeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam sèdeo2	bȉo si sèdeo2	bȉo je sèdeo2	bíli smo sèdeli2	bíli ste sèdeli2	bíli su sèdeli2
	imperfect	sèđāh	sèđāše	sèđāše	sèđāsmo	sèđāste	sèđāhu
conditional	conditional I	sèdeo bih2	sèdeo bi2	sèdeo bi2	sèdeli bismo2	sèdeli biste2	sèdeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih sèdeo2	bȉo bi sèdeo2	bȉo bi sèdeo2	bíli bismo sèdeli2	bíli biste sèdeli2	bíli bi sèdeli2
imperative		—	sȅdi	—	sȅdimo	sȅdite	—
active past participle		sèdeo m / sèdela f / sèdelo n			sèdeli m / sèdele f / sèdela 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		sédēvši
verbal noun		séđēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		sédīm	sédīš	sédī	sédīmo	sédīte	sédē
future	future I	sédet ću1 sédeću	sédet ćeš1 sédećeš	sédet će1 sédeće	sédet ćemo1 sédećemo	sédet ćete1 sédećete	sédet ćē1 sédećē
	future II	bȕdēm sédeo2	bȕdēš sédeo2	bȕdē sédeo2	bȕdēmo sédeli2	bȕdēte sédeli2	bȕdū sédeli2
past	perfect	sédeo sam2	sédeo si2	sédeo je2	sédeli smo2	sédeli ste2	sédeli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam sédeo2	bȉo si sédeo2	bȉo je sédeo2	bíli smo sédeli2	bíli ste sédeli2	bíli su sédeli2
	imperfect	séđāh	séđāše	séđāše	séđāsmo	séđāste	séđāhu
conditional	conditional I	sédeo bih2	sédeo bi2	sédeo bi2	sédeli bismo2	sédeli biste2	sédeli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih sédeo2	bȉo bi sédeo2	bȉo bi sédeo2	bíli bismo sédeli2	bíli biste sédeli2	bíli bi sédeli2
imperative		—	sédi	—	sédimo	sédite	—
active past participle		sédeo m / sédela f / sédelo n			sédeli m / sédele f / sédela 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), 2006–2026
• “sedeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from *sedéh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. First attested in the 14th century.

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), 2014–2026