Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Ukrainian сѣсти (sěsti), from Old East Slavic сѣсти (sěsti), from Proto-Slavic *sěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲiste]
  • (file)

Verb edit

сі́сти (sístypf (imperfective сіда́ти)

  1. to sit down
  2. (colloquial) to take, board (to get on a form of transport, such as a subway)
  3. to land upon something (of insects, birds)
    кома́хи сі́ли на траву́.komáxy síly na travú.The insects landed on the grass.
  4. to set (of a heavenly body disappearing below the horizon)
    Со́нце вже сі́лоSónce vže síloThe sun has already set.

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