питати

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (to ask, examine).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pǐːtati/
  • Hyphenation: пи‧та‧ти

Verb

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пи́тати impf (Latin spelling pítati)

  1. (transitive) to ask
  2. (reflexive) to wonder oneself, ask oneself
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pitàti (to feed).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pîtati/
  • Hyphenation: пи‧та‧ти

Verb

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пи̏тати impf (Latin spelling pȉtati)

  1. (transitive) to feed, to nourish
    • 1788, Доситеј Обрадовић [Dositej Obradović], Свиња и храст:
      Свиња долазаше често под један жировити храст, и ту се с жиром храњаше. Храст јој рече једном: „Колико се с мојим плодом питаш, а никада нећеш на ме да погледаш, ни да ми захвалиш!”
      Svinja dolazaše često pod jedan žiroviti hrast, i tu se s žirom hranjaše. Hrast joj reče jednom: „Koliko se s mojim plodom pitaš, a nikada nećeš na me da pogledaš, ni da mi zahvališ!”
      A swine went often under an acorn oak, and there it munched acorn. The oak said at once to the swine: “As much as you feed yourself with my fruits, nonetheless you never look at me, nor thank me!”
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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic пꙑтати (pytati), from Proto-Slavic *pytati.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [peˈtate]
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Verb

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пита́ти (pytátyimpf (perfective спита́ти)

  1. to ask

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