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просить

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic просити (prositi), from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-. Distantly related to English pray and precarious.

Indo-European cognates include Persian پرسیدن, Northern Kurdish pirsîn, Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛccháti), Armenian հարց (harcʻ), Latin posco and Old English frignan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [prɐˈsʲitʲ]
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Verb

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проси́ть (prosítʹimpf (perfective попроси́ть)

  1. to ask for, to request [with у (u, + genitive) ‘someone’, along with genitive or accusative ‘for something’; or with accusative ‘someone’, along with о (o, + prepositional) ‘for something’ or infinitive ‘to do something’ or что́бы (štóby, + past-tense clause) ‘for someone to do something’]
    Бу́ду продолжа́ть проси́ть у люде́й де́нег.Búdu prodolžátʹ prosítʹ u ljudéj déneg.I'm going to keep asking people for money.
    Я не бу́ду проси́ть рабо́ту у него́.Ja ne búdu prosítʹ rabótu u nevó.I won't be asking him for a job.
    Мы не мо́жем проси́ть его́ о но́вой пе́чи.My ne móžem prosítʹ jevó o nóvoj péči.We can't ask him for a new oven.
    Мне не хоте́лось бы проси́ть вас вы́йти.Mne ne xotélosʹ by prosítʹ vas výjti.I don't want to have to ask you to leave.
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to be a beggar
  3. to invite, to call [with accusative ‘someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’]
    • 1912, Andrey Zarin, Diarchy:
      Воево́да встал, ни́зко поклони́лся гостя́м и проси́л отку́шать.
      Vojevóda vstal, nízko poklonílsja gostjám i prosíl otkúšatʹ.
      The voivode stood up, bowed low to the guests and invited them to eat.
  4. to make a fuss, to stand up (for), to speak up, to petition, to plead [with за (za, + accusative) ‘for someone’]
    Я бою́сь проси́ть за себя́ на рабо́те.Ja bojúsʹ prosítʹ za sebjá na rabóte.I'm afraid to speak up for myself at work.
    Он здесь, что́бы проси́ть за бра́та.On zdesʹ, štóby prosítʹ za bráta.He's here to plead for his brother.

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