сидіти

From Old Ukrainian сѣдѣти (sěděti), from Old East Slavic сѣдѣти (sěděti), from Proto-Slavic *sěděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

• IPA^(key): [seˈdʲite]

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сиді́ти • (sydíty) impf (perfective поси́діти)

1. to sit
2. to be somewhere, to spend time somewhere
   1. to have fun somewhere, to be a guest of someone
   2. to live, to stay somewhere or with someone
   3. (colloquial) to repeat class
   4. to settle, to manage a household
3. to be in some state (mostly in inactive state)
   1. not to have something needed
   2. (colloquial) to limit (in food)
4. to something in sitting position
5. to spend time watching someone (kids, sick people, etc.)
6. (colloquial, dated) to serve, to hold office
7. (colloquial) to be in jail, prison
8. to be located somewhere
   1. (figurative) to be inside someone (about thoughts, feelings, etc.)
9. to have been located somewhere
10. to fit

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “сидіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сидіти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “сидіти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “сидіти”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)