видѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Verb

видѣти • (viděti) impf or pf

(ambitransitive) to see
Synonym: зьрѣти (zĭrěti)
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 23:5:
  ⰲⱐⱄⱑ ⰶⰵ ⰴⱑⰾⰰ ⱄⰲⱁⱑ ⱅⰲⱁⱃⱔⱅⱏ ⰴⰰ ⰲⰻⰴⰻⰿⰻ ⰱⱘⰴⱘⱅⱏ ⱍⰾ҃ⰲⰽⱏⰹ ·
  [вьсѣ же дѣла своѣ творѧтъ да видими бѫдѫтъ чл҃вкъі ·]
  vĭsě že děla svojě tvorętŭ da vidimi bǫdǫtŭ čl:vky ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 9:7:
  ⰺⰴⰵⰶⰵ ⰻ ⱆⰿⱏⰹ ⱄⱔ ⰻ ⱂⱃⰻⰴⰵ ⰲⰻⰴⱔ ·
  [ꙇдеже и оумъі сѧ и приде видѧ ·]
  ideže i umy sę i pride vidę ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 16:19:
  ⱑⰽⱁ ⱃⱑⱈⱏ ⰲⱏ ⰿⰰⰾⱑ ⰺ҅ ⱀⰵ ⰲⰻⰴⰻⱅⰵ ⰿⰵⱀⰵ · ⰺ҅ ⱂⰰⰽⱏⰹ ⰲⱏ ⰿⰰⰾⱑ ⱁⱆⰸⱐⱃⰻⱅⰵ ⰿⱔ ·
  [ѣко рѣхъ въ малѣ ꙇ҅ не видите мене · ꙇ҅ пакъі въ малѣ оузьрите мѧ ·]
  jěko rěxŭ vŭ malě hi ne vidite mene · hi paky vŭ malě uzĭrite mę ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(ambitransitive) to look, to behold
Synonym: зьрѣти (zĭrěti)
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Mark 4:12:
  ⰴⰰ ⰲⰻⰴⱔⱎⱅⰵ ⰲⰻⰴⱔⱅⱏ · ⰺ҅ ⱀⰵ ⱁⱆⰸⱐⱃⱔⱅⱏ ·
  [да видѧште видѧтъ · ꙇ҅ не оузьрѧтъ ·]
  da vidęšte vidętŭ · hi ne uzĭrętŭ ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 17:22:
  Ⱃⰵⱍⰵ ⰶⰵ ⰽⱏ ⱁⱆⱍⰵⱀⰻⰽⱁⰿⱏ · ⱂⱃⰻⰴⱘⱅⱏ ⰴⱐⱀⱐⰵ · ⰵⰳⰴⰰ ⰲⱐⰶⰴⰵⰾⱑⰵⱅⰵ ⰵⰴⰻⱀⱁⰳⱁ ⰴⱐⱀⰵ · ⱄ҃ⱀⰰ ⱍ҃ⱄⰽⰰⰰⰳⱁ ⰲⰻⰴⱑⱅⰻ · ⰺ҅ ⱀⰵ ⱁⱆⰸⱐⱃⰻⱅⰵ ·
  [Рече же къ оученикомъ · придѫтъ дьнье · егда вьжделѣете единого дьне · с҃на ч҃скааго видѣти · ꙇ҅ не оузьрите ·]
  Reče že kŭ učenikomŭ · pridǫtŭ dĭnĭje · egda vĭždelějete edinogo dĭne · s:na č:skaago viděti · hi ne uzĭrite ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 11:9:
  ⱑⰽⱁ ⱄⰲⱑⱅⱏ ⰿⰻⱃⰰ ⱄⰵⰳⱁ ⰲⰻⰴⰻⱅⱏ ·
  [ѣко свѣтъ мира сего видитъ ·]
  jěko světŭ mira sego viditŭ ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(intransitive) to understand, to contemplate
(transitive) to recognize
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 395, line 2:
  коли ѥ҅си видѣлъ сице женѫ· своѧ власꙑ брꙑсало сътворьшоу· ꙗ҅коже си мои҅ма ногама сътвори·
  koli jhesi vidělŭ sice ženǫ· svoję vlasy brysalo sŭtvorĭšu· jhakože si mhoima nogama sŭtvori·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 11th century, Sava's book (in Old Cyrillic), Gospel of Matthew 7:3:
  а въ о҆чесе свое҆мь брьвъна не видиши ·
  a vŭ očese svojemĭ brĭvŭna ne vidiši ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive) to know
Synonym: вѣдѣти (věděti)
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 302, line 3:
  о҅ставьѭ̑ съповѣдати добрѣ бо видѣ· ꙗ҅ко мноꙁѣмъ васнь҆ по того о̑умрь҆тви спѣшь҆нѣѥ бѫдетъ съѱати· троудꙑ же и҅ гон҄ениꙗ и҅ бѣдꙑ·
  hostavĭjǫ̂ sŭpovědati dobrě bo vidě· jhako mnozěmŭ vasnĭ po togo ôumrĭtvi spěšĭněje bǫdetŭ sŭpsati· trudy že hi gonʹjenija hi bědy·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of видѣти (class II2, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
видѣти viděti	видѣтъ vidětŭ	видѣниѥ viděnije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		видѧ vidę	видѣвъ viděvŭ
passive		видимъ vidimŭ	видѣнъ viděnŭ

singular		видѣлъ vidělŭ	видѣло vidělo	видѣла viděla
dual		видѣла viděla	видѣлѣ vidělě	видѣлѣ vidělě
plural		видѣли viděli	видѣла viděla	видѣлꙑ viděly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	виждѫ viždǫ	видѣахъ viděaxŭ	—
	2nd	видиши vidiši	видѣаше viděaše	виждь viždĭ
	3rd	видитъ viditŭ	видѣаше viděaše	виждь viždĭ
dual	1st	видивѣ vidivě	видѣаховѣ viděaxově	видивѣ vidivě
	2nd	видита vidita	видѣашета viděašeta	видита vidita
	3rd	видите, видита vidite, vidita	видѣашете, видѣашета viděašete, viděašeta	—
plural	1st	видимъ vidimŭ	видѣахомъ viděaxomŭ	видимъ vidimŭ
	2nd	видите vidite	видѣашете viděašete	видите vidite
	3rd	видѧтъ vidętŭ	видѣахѫ viděaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	видѣхъ viděxŭ
	2nd	видѣ vidě
	3rd	видѣ vidě
dual	1st	видѣховѣ viděxově
	2nd	видѣста viděsta
	3rd	видѣсте, видѣста viděste, viděsta
plural	1st	видѣхомъ viděxomŭ
	2nd	видѣсте viděste
	3rd	видѣшѧ viděšę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of видѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → видѣлъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of видѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → видѣлъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of видѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ видѣти
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of видѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → видѣлъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of видѣти and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → видѣлъ 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 видѣти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

видимъ (vidimŭ)
видѣние n (viděnije)
възненавидѣти pf (vŭznenaviděti)
завидѣти impf (zaviděti)
навидѣти impf (naviděti)
невидимъ (nevidimŭ)
ненавидѣти impf (nenaviděti)
ненависть f (nenavistĭ)
привидѣти (prividěti)
провидѣти pf (providěti)
прѣдъвидѣти (prědŭviděti)
съвидѣти impf (sŭviděti)
оувидѣти pf (uviděti)

Related terms

видъ m (vidŭ)
видьць m (vidĭcĭ)
вѣдѣти impf (věděti)

References

Miklosich, Franz (1850), Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎^[1], Vienna
Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎^[2], София
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Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “видѣти”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 114
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