Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěťi, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Verb
сѣщи • (sěšti) impf
- to hack, chop off
- to cut down
- to scratch, carve
- to sacrifice, slaughter
Conjugation
Conjugation of сѣщи (class IA1, transitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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сѣщи
sěšti
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сѣщь
sěštĭ
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сѣчениѥ
sěčenije
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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сѣкꙑ
sěky
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сѣкъ
sěkŭ
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| passive
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сѣкомъ
sěkomŭ
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сѣченъ
sěčenŭ
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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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сѣклъ
sěklŭ
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сѣкло
sěklo
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сѣкла
sěkla
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| dual
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сѣкла
sěkla
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сѣклѣ
sěklě
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сѣклѣ
sěklě
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| plural
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сѣкли
sěkli
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сѣкла
sěkla
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сѣклꙑ
sěkly
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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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сѣкѫ
sěkǫ
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сѣчаахъ
sěčaaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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сѣчеши
sěčeši
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сѣчааше
sěčaaše
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сѣци
sěci
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| 3rd
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сѣчетъ
sěčetŭ
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сѣчааше
sěčaaše
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сѣци
sěci
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| dual
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1st
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сѣчевѣ
sěčevě
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сѣчааховѣ
sěčaaxově
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сѣцѣве
sěcěve
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| 2nd
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сѣчета
sěčeta
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сѣчаашета
sěčaašeta
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сѣцѣта
sěcěta
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| 3rd
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сѣчете, сѣчета
sěčete, sěčeta
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сѣчаашете, сѣчаашета
sěčaašete, sěčaašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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сѣчемъ
sěčemŭ
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сѣчаахомъ
sěčaaxomŭ
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сѣцѣмъ
sěcěmŭ
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| 2nd
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сѣчете
sěčete
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сѣчаашете
sěčaašete
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сѣцѣте
sěcěte
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| 3rd
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сѣкѫтъ
sěkǫtŭ
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сѣчаахѫ
sěčaaxǫ
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—
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?-aorist
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| singular
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1st
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| 2nd
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| 3rd
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| dual
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1st
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| 2nd
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| 3rd
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| plural
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1st
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| 2nd
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| 3rd
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| compound forms
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ ѥстъ
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ бѣ/бѣаше
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| future
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Use the infinitive of сѣщи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ сѣщи
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| future perfect2, 4
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Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ бѫдетъ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of сѣщи and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. third-person masculine singular → сѣклъ 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.
Derived terms
- исѣщи (isěšti)
- отъсѣщи (otŭsěšti)
- посѣщи (posěšti)
- прѣсѣщи (prěsěšti)
- расѣщи (rasěšti)
- съсѣщи (sŭsěšti)
- оусѣщи (usěšti)
Descendants
- Bulgarian: сека (seka)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading