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pitati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (to ask, examine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǐːtati/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pítati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи́тати)

  1. (transitive) to ask
  2. (reflexive) to wonder oneself, ask oneself
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present verbal adverb ...

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

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pitàti (to feed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pîtati/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pȉtati impf (Cyrillic spelling пи̏тати)

  1. (transitive) to feed, to nourish
Conjugation
More information infinitive, present verbal adverb ...

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.

See also

Further reading

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