грети

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gretì (“to dig, to scrape, to rake”).^[1]

Verb

грети • (greti) impf

to bury
to scrape
to row
- Excerpt from the Story of Boris and Gleb, line 45:
  И яко узьрѣ я святыи, въздрадовася душею, а они узьрѣвъше и омрачаахуся и гребяху къ нему.
  I jako uzĭrě ja svjatyi, vŭzdradovasja dušeju, a oni uzĭrěvŭše i omračaaxusja i grebjaxu kŭ nemu.
  And as the holy one caught sight of them, he rejoiced in his soul; but as they saw him, they grew dark and rowed toward him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of грети (class IA1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
грети greti	гретъ gretŭ	гребениѥ grebenije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		гребꙑ greby	гребъ grebŭ
passive		гребомъ grebomŭ	гребенъ grebenŭ

singular		греблъ greblŭ	гребло greblo	гребла grebla
dual		гребла grebla	греблѣ greblě	греблѣ greblě
plural		гребли grebli	гребла grebla	греблꙑ grebly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	гребѫ grebǫ	гребѣахъ greběaxŭ	—
	2nd	гребеши grebeši	гребѣаше greběaše	греби grebi
	3rd	гребетъ grebetŭ	гребѣаше greběaše	греби grebi
dual	1st	гребевѣ grebevě	гребѣаховѣ greběaxově	гребѣве greběve
	2nd	гребета grebeta	гребѣашета greběašeta	гребѣта greběta
	3rd	гребете, гребета grebete, grebeta	гребѣашете, гребѣашета greběašete, greběašeta	—
plural	1st	гребемъ grebemŭ	гребѣахомъ greběaxomŭ	гребѣмъ greběmŭ
	2nd	гребете grebete	гребѣашете greběašete	гребѣте greběte
	3rd	гребѫтъ grebǫtŭ	гребѣахѫ greběaxǫ	—

		ox-aorist⁶	s-aorist⁷
singular	1st	гребохъ greboxŭ	грѣсъ grěsŭ
	2nd	гребе grebe	гребе grebe
	3rd	гребе grebe	гребе grebe
dual	1st	гребоховѣ greboxově	грѣсовѣ grěsově
	2nd	гребоста grebosta	грѣста grěsta
	3rd	гребосте, гребоста greboste, grebosta	грѣсте, грѣста grěste, grěsta
plural	1st	гребохомъ greboxomŭ	грѣсомъ grěsomŭ
	2nd	гребосте greboste	грѣсте grěste
	3rd	гребошѧ grebošę	грѣсѧ grěsę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of грети and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → греблъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of грети and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → греблъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of грети and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ грети
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of грети and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → греблъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of грети and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → греблъ 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 new aorist.
⁷ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

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

Derived terms

погрети (pogreti)

References

^ Havlová, Eva, editor (1994), “greti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 4 (gostь – istonǫti), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 201