велѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Verb

велѣти • (velěti) impf

command, order
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1333-1334:
  иже намъ бъхъма не велѧтъ въкоусити мѧсъ ни вина, скврьнаво творѧще.
  iže namŭ bŭxŭma ne velętŭ vŭkusiti męsŭ ni vina, skvrĭnavo tvoręšte.
  who totally forbid us to touch meat or wine, which they treat as impure.
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1794-1796:
  бо би велѣлъ богъ не дѣлати чловѣкомъ, то бꙑлиѥ жито би раждало и лѣсъ грозниѥ.
  bo bi velělŭ bogŭ ne dělati člověkomŭ, to bylije žito bi raždalo i lěsŭ groznije.
  If God had ordered men not to work, plants would grow grain and woods grapes.
wish

Conjugation

Conjugation of велѣти (class II2, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
велѣти velěti	велѣтъ velětŭ	велѣниѥ velěnije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		велѧ velę	велѣвъ velěvŭ
passive		велимъ velimŭ	велѣнъ velěnŭ

singular		велѣлъ velělŭ	велѣло velělo	велѣла velěla
dual		велѣла velěla	велѣлѣ velělě	велѣлѣ velělě
plural		велѣли velěli	велѣла velěla	велѣлꙑ velěly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	вел҄ѭ velʹjǫ	велѣахъ velěaxŭ	—
	2nd	велиши veliši	велѣаше velěaše	вели veli
	3rd	велитъ velitŭ	велѣаше velěaše	вели veli
dual	1st	веливѣ velivě	велѣаховѣ velěaxově	веливѣ velivě
	2nd	велита velita	велѣашета velěašeta	велита velita
	3rd	велите, велита velite, velita	велѣашете, велѣашета velěašete, velěašeta	—
plural	1st	велимъ velimŭ	велѣахомъ velěaxomŭ	велимъ velimŭ
	2nd	велите velite	велѣашете velěašete	велите velite
	3rd	велѧтъ velętŭ	велѣахѫ velěaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	велѣхъ velěxŭ
	2nd	велѣ velě
	3rd	велѣ velě
dual	1st	велѣховѣ velěxově
	2nd	велѣста velěsta
	3rd	велѣсте, велѣста velěste, velěsta
plural	1st	велѣхомъ velěxomŭ
	2nd	велѣсте velěste
	3rd	велѣшѧ velěšę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of велѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → велѣлъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of велѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → велѣлъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of велѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ велѣти
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of велѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → велѣлъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of велѣти and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → велѣлъ 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.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

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

References

Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София