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prositi

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈprosici/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈprosici/

Verb

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prositi impf

  1. to ask for
    prositi ženy za sě
    to court/woo a woman / to make a proposal to her
  2. to beg

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: prosit

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prǒsiti/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧si‧ti

Verb

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pròsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling про̀сити)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to beg, ask alms (usually money)
  2. (transitive) to woo, propose (girl)
  3. (Croatia, regional) to ask

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • prositi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prɔsìːti/, /prɔsíːti/

Verb

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prosīti impf

  1. to ask, to make a request

Inflection

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-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive prosīti
1st singular prọ́sim
infinitive prosīti prósit
supine prósit
verbal noun prọ́šenje
participle converb
present prosȅč
past prọ́šen
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular prósił prosȋla prosílo
dual prosíla prosíli prosíli
plural prosíli prosíle prosíla
present imperative
1st singular prọ́sim
2nd singular prọ́siš prósi
3rd singular prọ́si
1st dual prọ́siva prosȋva
2nd dual prọ́sita prosȋta
3rd dual prọ́sita
1st plural prọ́simo prosȋmo
2nd plural prọ́site prosȋte
3rd plural prọ́sijo

Derived terms

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Further reading

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