From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-éh₁-ye-ti, from *sed- by Winter's law, or directly from the lengthened Narten root *sḗd-.
Cognate with Latvian sēdēt, Lithuanian sėdėti.
*sědě̀ti impf[1][2]
- to sit, to be sitting
Conjugation of
*sěděti, *sědě, *sěditь (
impf.,
intr.,
-ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *sěděnьje
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*sěděti
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*sědětъ
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*sědělъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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—
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—
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| Active
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*sěděvъ
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*sědę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*sěděxъ |
*sědě |
*sědě
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*sěďǫ |
*sědiši |
*sěditь
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| Dual
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*sěděxově |
*sěděsta |
*sěděste
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*sědivě |
*sědita |
*sědite
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| Plural
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*sěděxomъ |
*sěděste |
*sěděšę
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*sědimъ |
*sědite |
*sědętь
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|
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*sěděaxъ |
*sěděaše |
*sěděaše
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— |
*sědi |
*sědi
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| Dual
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*sěděaxově |
*sěděašeta |
*sěděašete
|
*sědivě |
*sědita |
—
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| Plural
|
*sěděaxomъ |
*sěděašete |
*sěděaxǫ
|
*sědimъ |
*sědite |
—
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- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сѣдѣти (sěděti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sědě̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 445: “v. ‘sit’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “sěděti: sědjǫ sěditь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sidde (PR 139)”
