Old Church Slavonic

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вѣдѣти

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *věděti, from *věďa, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (to know), perfect of *weyd- (to see, to know).

Verb

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вѣдѣти (vědětiimpf

  1. to know
    • ⱀⰵ ⰲⱑⱄⱅⱏ (leaf 86, line 9)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1]‎[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:4:26:
      тако естъ цр҃сие бж҃ие ꙗкоже чк҃ъ въмѣтаетъ сѣмѧ въ земл҄ѫ· ꙇ҅ съпитъ· ꙇ҅ въстаетъ ношть ꙇ҅ дьнь· ꙇ҅ сѣмѧ прозѧбаетъ· ꙇ҅ растетъ ꙗкоже не вѣстъ онъ·
      tako estŭ cr:sije bž:ije jakože čk:ŭ vŭmětajetŭ sěmę vŭ zemlʹhǫ· i sŭpithŭ· i vŭstajetŭ nošthĭ i dĭnhĭ· i sěmę prozębajethŭ· i rastetŭ jakože ne věstŭ onŭ·
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    • from Slavonic Josephus, книга 3, 417б:
      ци не вѣдѣхъ иоудѣиска закона, како воеводамъ достоино оумирати.
      ci ne věděxŭ iuděiska zakona, kako vojevodamŭ dostoino umirati.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to see
    • from the Life of Constantine:
      филосѡѳе, вѣмь тѧ троудна соуща, но достоить тебѣ тамо ити.
      filosoθe, věmĭ tę trudna sušta, no dostoitĭ tebě tamo iti.
      Philosopher, I see that you are weary, but it does suit you to go there.

Conjugation

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Present tense of вѣдѣти
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
вѣмь (věmĭ) вѣси (věsi) вѣстъ (věstŭ) вѣвѣ (věvě) вѣста (věsta) вѣсте (věste) вѣмъ (věmŭ) вѣсте (věste) вѣдѧтъ (vědętŭ)

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Descendants

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  • Bulgarian: неведом (nevedom) (adj)
  • Russian: весть (vestʹ, (he/she/it) knows, in set expressions)

References

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  • Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[2], София

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