sedieť

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěděti (“to sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈseɟi̯ec]

Verb

sedieť impf

1. to sit
   • 1942, Božena Slančíková-Timrava, Marino súženie :

     Pri stole sedí jej muž, tučný, červený a veľký chlap.

     Her husband, a big fat red man, is sitting at the table.

2. (na + locative) to brood (to keep an egg warm to make it hatch)
   • 1877, Gustáv Kazimír Zechenter-Laskomerský, Žarty a rozmary. Malý omyl:

     Pod lavicou sedela hus na vajciach, mňa uznala za cudzieho dotieravca, nuž sipela ako had a štípala ako kliešte.

     A goose was brooding the eggs under the bench, it considered me an alien intruder, so it was hissing as a serpent and biting as tongs.

3. (colloquial, with dative object) to suit (to make content)
4. (colloquial) to be apt, to be true

Conjugation

Conjugation of sedieť (imperfective; class V, pattern vidieť)

infinitive			sedieť
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		sedím	sedíš	sedí	sedíme	sedíte	sedia
past	masculine	sedel som	sedel si	sedel	sedeli sme	sedeli ste	sedeli
	feminine	sedela som	sedela si	sedela
	neuter	sedelo som	sedelo si	sedelo
past perfect	masculine	bol som sedel	bol si sedel	bol sedel	boli sme sedeli	boli ste sedeli	boli sedeli
	feminine	bola som sedela	bola si sedela	bola sedela
	neuter	bolo som sedelo	bolo si sedelo	bolo sedelo
future		budem sedieť	budeš sedieť	bude sedieť	budeme sedieť	budete sedieť	budú sedieť
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	sedel by som	sedel by si	sedel by	sedeli by sme	sedeli by ste	sedeli by
	feminine	sedela by som	sedela by si	sedela by
	neuter	sedelo by som	sedelo by si	sedelo by
past	masculine	bol by som sedel	bol by si sedel	bol by sedel	boli by sme sedeli	boli by ste sedeli	boli by sedeli
	feminine	bola by som sedela	bola by si sedela	bola by sedela
	neuter	bolo by som sedelo	bolo by si sedelo	bolo by sedelo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	seď	—	seďme	seďte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		sediaci	—	—	sedel, sedela, sedelo, sedeli	sediac	sedenie

Further reading

• “sedieť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024