Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *reťi.
Verb
рещи • (rešti) impf or pf
- to speak
- to say
Conjugation
Conjugation of рещи (class IA1, transitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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рещи rešti
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рещь reštĭ
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реченьѥ rečenĭje
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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рекꙑ reky
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рекъ rekŭ
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| passive
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рекомъ rekomŭ
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реченъ rečenŭ
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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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реклъ reklŭ
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рекло reklo
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рекла rekla
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| dual
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рекла rekla
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реклѣ reklě
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реклѣ reklě
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| plural
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рекли rekli
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рекла rekla
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реклꙑ rekly
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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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рекѫ rekǫ
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речаахъ rečaaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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речеши rečeši
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речааше rečaaše
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рьци rĭci
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| 3rd
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речетъ rečetŭ
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речааше rečaaše
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рьци rĭci
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| dual
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1st
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речевѣ rečevě
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речааховѣ rečaaxově
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рьцѣве rĭcěve
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| 2nd
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речета rečeta
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речаашета rečaašeta
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рьцѣта rĭcěta
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| 3rd
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речете, речета rečete, rečeta
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речаашете, речаашета rečaašete, rečaašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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речемъ rečemŭ
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речаахомъ rečaaxomŭ
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рьцѣмъ rĭcěmŭ
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| 2nd
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речете rečete
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речаашете rečaašete
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рьцѣте rĭcěte
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| 3rd
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рекѫтъ rekǫtŭ
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речаахѫ rečaaxǫ
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—
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ox-aorist5
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x-aorist
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| singular
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1st
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рекохъ rekoxŭ
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рѣхъ rěxŭ
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| 2nd
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рече reče
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рече reče
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| 3rd
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рече reče
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рече reče
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| dual
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1st
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рекоховѣ rekoxově
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рѣховѣ rěxově
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| 2nd
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рекоста rekosta
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рѣста rěsta
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| 3rd
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рекосте, рекоста rekoste, rekosta
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рѣсте, рѣста rěste, rěsta
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| plural
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1st
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рекохомъ rekoxomŭ
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рѣхомъ rěxomŭ
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| 2nd
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рекосте rekoste
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рѣсте rěste
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| 3rd
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рекошѧ rekošę
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рѣшѧ rěšę
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| compound tenses
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of рещи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → реклъ ѥсмь
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of рещи and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → реклъ бѣхъ or реклъ бѣахъ
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| future
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Use the infinitive of рещи and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. first-person singular → имамь рещи, хощѫ рещи, начьнѫ рещи or въчьнѫ рещи
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| future perfect2, 3
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Use the l-participle of рещи and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → реклъ бѫдѫ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of рещи and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → реклъ бимь or реклъ бꙑхъ
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1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a new aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of рещи. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .
Derived terms
- зарещи (zarešti)
- издрещи (izdrešti)
- мъногорѣчие (mŭnogorěčije)
- нарещи (narešti)
- нарѣчие (narěčije)
- отъречение (otŭrečenije)
- отърещи (otŭrešti)
- проречение (prorečenije)
- прорещи (prorešti)
- прѣдърещи (prědŭrešti)
- прѣждерещи (prěžderešti)
- прѣкорѣчивъ (prěkorěčivŭ)
- прѣрещи (prěrešti)
- рѣчивъ (rěčivŭ)
- оурещи (urešti)
References
- Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X-XI веков), Русский язык, Москва 1994.
- Svetozar Nikolić, Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Naučna knjiga, Beograd, 1989.
Further reading
- “рещи”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
- “рещи”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022