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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic витати (vitati). From Proto-Slavic *vitati (“to dwell; to welcome”). The primary meanings "to hover, to soar, to linger (in air)" arose due to the verb's common usage in Old Church Slavonic to refer to birds in the trees.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vʲɪˈtatʲ]

Verb

вита́ть • (vitátʹ) impf

to hover (to float in the air)
to soar (to fly aloft with little effort; to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood)
вита́ть в облака́х ― vitátʹ v oblakáx ― to be head in the clouds
to dwell, to be present invisibly, to be in the air (of smell, of sensation, etc.)
(obsolete) to dwell, to stay somewhere
(obsolete) to greet

Conjugation

Conjugation of вита́ть (class 1a imperfective intransitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive	вита́ть vitátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	вита́ющий vitájuščij	вита́вший vitávšij
passive	—	—
adverbial	вита́я vitája	вита́в vitáv, вита́вши vitávši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	вита́ю vitáju	бу́ду вита́ть búdu vitátʹ
2nd singular (ты)	вита́ешь vitáješʹ	бу́дешь вита́ть búdešʹ vitátʹ
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	вита́ет vitájet	бу́дет вита́ть búdet vitátʹ
1st plural (мы)	вита́ем vitájem	бу́дем вита́ть búdem vitátʹ
2nd plural (вы)	вита́ете vitájete	бу́дете вита́ть búdete vitátʹ
3rd plural (они́)	вита́ют vitájut	бу́дут вита́ть búdut vitátʹ
imperative	singular	plural
	вита́й vitáj	вита́йте vitájte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	вита́л vitál	вита́ли vitáli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	вита́ла vitála
neuter (оно́)	вита́ло vitálo

Related terms

вита́ние n (vitánije)

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