sedieť

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Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěděti (to sit), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (to sit).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sedieť impf

  1. to sit
  2. (na + locative) to brood (to keep an egg warm to make it hatch)
    • 1877, Gustáv Kazimír Zechenter-Laskomerský, Žarty a rozmary. Malý omyl:
      Pod lavicou sedela hus na vajciach, mňa uznala za cudzieho dotieravca, nuž sipela ako had a štípala ako kliešte.
      A goose was brooding the eggs under the bench, it considered me an alien intruder, so it was hissing as a serpent and biting as tongs.
  3. (colloquial, with dative object) to suit (to make content)
  4. (colloquial) to be apt, to be true

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Further reading[edit]

  • sedieť”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024