Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želsti, either borrowed from or cognate to Proto-Germanic *geldaną. Compare Old East Slavic желести (želesti).
Verb
жлѣсти • (žlěsti) impf or pf
- (ambitransitive) to repay, to compensate
Conjugation
Conjugation of жлѣсти (class IA1, transitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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жлѣсти
žlěsti
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жлѣстъ
žlěstŭ
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жлѣдениѥ
žlědenije
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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жлѣдꙑ
žlědy
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жлѣдъ
žlědŭ
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| passive
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жлѣдомъ
žlědomŭ
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жлѣденъ
žlědenŭ
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| l-participle
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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| singular
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жлѣлъ
žlělŭ
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жлѣло
žlělo
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жлѣла
žlěla
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| dual
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жлѣла
žlěla
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жлѣлѣ
žlělě
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жлѣлѣ
žlělě
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| plural
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жлѣли
žlěli
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жлѣла
žlěla
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жлѣлꙑ
žlěly
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present
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imperfect
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imperative
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| singular
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1st
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жлѣдѫ
žlědǫ
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жлѣдѣахъ
žlěděaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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жлѣдеши
žlědeši
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жлѣдѣаше
žlěděaše
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жлѣди
žlědi
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| 3rd
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жлѣдетъ
žlědetŭ
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жлѣдѣаше
žlěděaše
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жлѣди
žlědi
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| dual
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1st
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жлѣдевѣ
žlědevě
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жлѣдѣаховѣ
žlěděaxově
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жлѣдѣве
žlěděve
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| 2nd
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жлѣдета
žlědeta
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жлѣдѣашета
žlěděašeta
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жлѣдѣта
žlěděta
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| 3rd
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жлѣдете, жлѣдета
žlědete, žlědeta
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жлѣдѣашете, жлѣдѣашета
žlěděašete, žlěděašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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жлѣдемъ
žlědemŭ
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жлѣдѣахомъ
žlěděaxomŭ
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жлѣдѣмъ
žlěděmŭ
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| 2nd
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жлѣдете
žlědete
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жлѣдѣашете
žlěděašete
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жлѣдѣте
žlěděte
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| 3rd
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жлѣдѫтъ
žlědǫtŭ
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жлѣдѣахѫ
žlěděaxǫ
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—
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ox-aorist6
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root aorist7
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| singular
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1st
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жлѣдохъ
žlědoxŭ
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жлѣдъ
žlědŭ
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| 2nd
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жлѣде
žlěde
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жлѣде
žlěde
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| 3rd
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жлѣде
žlěde
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жлѣде
žlěde
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| dual
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1st
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жлѣдоховѣ
žlědoxově
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жлѣдовѣ
žlědově
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| 2nd
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жлѣдоста
žlědosta
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жлѣдета
žlědeta
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| 3rd
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жлѣдосте, жлѣдоста
žlědoste, žlědosta
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жлѣдете, жлѣдета
žlědete, žlědeta
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| plural
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1st
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жлѣдохомъ
žlědoxomŭ
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жлѣдомъ
žlědomŭ
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| 2nd
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жлѣдосте
žlědoste
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жлѣдете
žlědete
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| 3rd
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жлѣдошѧ
žlědošę
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жлѣдѫ
žlědǫ
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| compound forms
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of жлѣсти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → жлѣлъ ѥстъ
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of жлѣсти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → жлѣлъ бѣ/бѣаше
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| future
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Use the infinitive of жлѣсти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ жлѣсти
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| future perfect2, 4
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Use the l-participle of жлѣсти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → жлѣлъ бѫдетъ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of жлѣсти and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → жлѣлъ би/бꙑ
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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 an asigmatic or simple aorist.
Derived terms
References
- “жлѣсти”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
- Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2018), “žlěsti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 19 (zakonъ – žьzlъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 1157
- “жлѣсти”, in Исторически речник на българския език [Historical Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022