pëtac

See also: Petac, and pętać

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜ.tat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɜtat͡s
• Syllabification: pë‧tac

Verb

pëtac impf

1. (transitive or more commonly, reflexive with sã) to ask (to request information or an answer to a question) [with ò (+ accusative) ‘about whom/what’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of pëtac impf
	person	singular			plural		polite
		masculine	feminine	neuter	virile	nonvirile	virile
infinitive		pëtac
present tense	1st	pitajã/pitóm			pitómë/pitóma		—
	2nd	pitôsz			pitôce		pitôta
	3rd	pitô			pitają		—
-ł forms		pëtôł	pëtała	pëtało	pëtalë	pëtałë	pëtalë
imperative	1st	niech [[pitajã/pitóm]]			pëtôjmë		—
	2nd	pëtôj			pëtôjta		pëtôjce
	3rd	niech pitô			niech pitają		—
active adjectival participle		pëtający	pëtającô	pëtającé	pëtający	pëtającé	pëtający
passive adjectival participle		pëtany	pëtanô	pëtané	pëtan	pëtané	pëtany
contemporary adverbial participle		pëtającë
*) The past tense is formed by using an optional personal pronoun and the appropriate -ł form. **) A regional, Czech-influenced past tense is formed using the appropriate combined form of że and the the appropriate -ł form. ***) An archaic past form is built the same way but the appropriate present tense form of bëc is used instead of że. ****) An obsolete pluperfect is formed using a present tense form of bëc, the appropriate -ł form of bëc, followed by the appropriate -ł form of the verb, or by using an -ł form of bëc or miec plus the passive participle. *****) The future tense is formed using a future form of bëc and the appropriate -ł form or the infinitive. ******) The conditional is formed by using a personal pronoun, the particle bë, and the appropriate -ł form.

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “pétac są”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 134
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “pytać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pytać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “pëtac sã”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpə.tat͡s/
• Rhymes: -at͡s
• Syllabification: pë‧tac

Verb

pëtac impf

1. (transitive or reflexive with sã) to ask (to request information or an answer to a question) [with za (+ instrumental) ‘about whom/what’]

Derived terms

verbs

• dôpëtac pf, dôpëtac impf
• napëtac pf, napëtac impf
• przêpëtac pf, przêpëtac impf
• pôpëtac pf
• rôzpëtac pf, rôzpëtac impf
• spëtac pf
• wëpëtac pf, wëpëtac impf
• wôpëtac pf, wôpëtac impf
• zapëtac pf, zapëtac impf

 

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912) “pȧ̃tăc”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 761