питати

From Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”).

• IPA^(key): /pǐːtati/
• Hyphenation: пи‧та‧ти

пи́тати impf (Latin spelling pítati)

1. (transitive) to ask
2. (reflexive) to wonder oneself, ask oneself

From Proto-Slavic *pitàti (“to feed”).

• IPA^(key): /pîtati/
• Hyphenation: пи‧та‧ти

пи̏тати impf (Latin spelling pȉtati)

1. (transitive) to feed, to nourish
   • 1788, Доситеј Обрадовић, Свиња и храст:

     Свиња долазаше често под један жировити храст, и ту се с жиром храњаше. Храст јој рече једном: „Колико се с мојим плодом питаш, а никада нећеш на ме да погледаш, ни да ми захвалиш!”

     A swine went often under an acorn oak, and there it munched acorn. The oak said at once to the swine: “As much as you feed yourself with my fruits, nonetheless you never look at me, nor thank me!”

From Old East Slavic пꙑтати (pytati), from Proto-Slavic *pytati.

• IPA^(key): [peˈtate]

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пита́ти • (pytáty) impf (perfective спита́ти)

1. to ask

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “питати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “питати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “питати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “питати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)