pisati

See also: Pisati and pišati

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpisaci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpisaci/

Verb

pisati impf

1. Alternative form of psáti

Conjugation

Conjugation of pisati (class V)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
pisati	pisat	pisánie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	píšu	píševě (-va)	píšem (-me/-my)	–	pišvě, pišěvě (-va)	pišme, pišěm (-me/-my)
2nd person	píšeš	píšeta	píšete	piš, piši	pišta, pišěta	pište, pišěte
3rd person	píše	píšeta	píšú	piš, piši	pišta, pišěta	pište, pišěte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	pisach	pisachově (-va)	pisachom (-me/-my)	pisách	pisáchově (-va)	pisáchom (-me/-my)
2nd person	pisa	pisasta (-šta)	pisaste (-šte)	pisáše	pisášta (-sta)	pisášte (-ste)
3rd person	pisa	pisasta (-šta)	pisachu	pisáše	pisášta (-sta)	pisáchu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	pisal	pisala	pisali	pisán	pisána	pisáni
Feminine	pisala	pisale	pisaly	pisána	pisáně	pisány
Neuter	pisalo	pisale	pisala	pisáno	pisáně	pisána

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	píšě	píšiece		pisav	pisavše
Feminine	píšieci			pisavši
Neuter	píšě, píšieci			pisav, pisavši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of pisati around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pisati”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀺𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• पिसति (Devanagari script)
• পিসতি (Bengali script)
• පිසති (Sinhalese script)
• ပိသတိ (Burmese script)
• ปิสติ or ปิสะติ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᩈᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິສຕິ or ປິສະຕິ (Lao script)
• បិសតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄥𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *piṣáti, from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (“to grind”). Compare Sanskrit पिनष्टि (pinaṣṭi, “to grind”).

Verb

pisati

1. to crush, grind

   Synonym: piṃsati

Derived terms

• paṭipisati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati. Compare Slovene pisati, Macedonian пишува (pišuva), Bulgarian пиша (piša), Polish pisać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐːsati/
• Hyphenation: pi‧sa‧ti

Verb

písati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи́сати)

1. (ambitransitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
2. (transitive) to write (to compose a text for written or printed reproduction or publication)
3. (intransitive) to write (to engage in written conversation)
4. (intransitive) to write (to be an author)
5. (transitive) to write, to take (to fill in a written exam)
6. to say, to state (to indicate in a written form)

   Novine pišu nešto sasvim drugo.

   The newspapers say something entirely different.

7. (impersonal) to say, to state, to read (to be stated in a written form)

   Na njihovoj web stranici piše da je uređaj sastavljen od vrhunskih komponenata.

   Their website says that the device is built of top-tier quality components.

   Na etiketi jasno piše za što je uređaj namijenjen.

   The label clearly states what the device is designed for.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pisati

infinitive		pisati
present verbal adverb		píšūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		písānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		pišem	pišeš	piše	pišemo	pišete	pišu
future	future I	pisat ću1 pisaću	pisat ćeš1 pisaćeš	pisat će1 pisaće	pisat ćemo1 pisaćemo	pisat ćete1 pisaćete	pisat ćē1 pisaće
	future II	bȕdēm pisao2	bȕdēš pisao2	bȕdē pisao2	bȕdēmo pisali2	bȕdēte pisali2	bȕdū pisali2
past	perfect	pisao sam2	pisao si2	pisao je2	pisali smo2	pisali ste2	pisali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam pisao2	bȉo si pisao2	bȉo je pisao2	bíli smo pisali2	bíli ste pisali2	bíli su pisali2
	imperfect	pisah	pisaše	pisaše	pisasmo	pisaste	pisahu
conditional	conditional I	pisao bih2	pisao bi2	pisao bi2	pisali bismo2	pisali biste2	pisali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih pisao2	bȉo bi pisao2	bȉo bi pisao2	bíli bismo pisali2	bíli biste pisali2	bíli bi pisali2
imperative		—	piši	—	pišimo	pišite	—
active past participle		pisao m / pisala f / pisalo n			pisali m / pisale f / pisala n
passive past participle		pisan m / pisana f / pisano n			pisani m / pisane f / pisana n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• dopísati
• ispísati
• nadopísati
• napísati
• natpis
• opísati
• otpísati
• popísati
• potpísati
• prepísati
• pripísati
• propísati
• raspísati
• upísati
• zapísati

Further reading

• “pisati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pìːsati/, /pisàːti/
• Hyphenation: pi‧sa‧ti

Verb

písati or pisáti impf

1. (ambitransitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
2. (transitive) to write (to compose a text for written or printed reproduction or publication)
3. (intransitive) to write (to engage in written conversation)
4. (intransitive) to write (to be an author)
5. (transitive) to write, to take (to fill in a written exam)
6. to say, to state (to indicate in a written form)

   Časopisi pišejo nekaj povsem drugačnega.

   The newspapers say something entirely different.

7. (impersonal) to say, to state, to read (to be stated in a written form)

   Na njihovi spletni strani piše, da je naprava zgrajena iz vrhunskih komponent.

   Their website says that the device is built of top-tier quality components.

   Na etiketi jasno piše, za kaj je naprava namenjena.

   The label clearly states what the device is designed for.

Conjugation

-Cati -Cjem (AP b)
infinitive	písati, pisáti
1st singular	píšem
infinitive	písati, pisáti			písat
supine	písat
verbal noun	pisȃnje
	participle			converb
present	pišọ̄č			pisȃje
past	písan			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	písał		pisȃla		pisálo
dual	pisála		pisáli		pisáli
plural	pisáli		pisále		pisála
	present			imperative
1st singular	píšem			—
2nd singular	píšeš			píši
3rd singular	píše			—
1st dual	píševa			píšiva, pišȋva
2nd dual	píšeta			píšita, pišȋta
3rd dual	píšeta			—
1st plural	píšemo			píšimo, pišȋmo
2nd plural	píšete			píšite, pišȋte
3rd plural	píšejo			—

Derived terms

• dopísati
• izpísati
• napísati
• opísati
• podpísati
• popísati
• predpísati
• prepísati
• pripísati
• spísati
• vpísati
• zapísati

Further reading

• “pisati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “pisati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references