ити

See also: іти, йти, -ити, and Appendix:Variations of "iti"

Old Church Slavonic

ити

Alternative forms

• ⰹⱅⰹ (iti) (glagolitic)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьti.

Verb

ити • (iti) impf or pf

1. to go
   • from the Life of Constantine:

     Шедъ же филосѡѳъ, по пръвомоу обꙑчаю, на молитвоу сѧ наложи и съ инѣми съпоспѣшникꙑ.

     Šedŭ že filosoθŭ, po prŭvomu obyčaju, na molitvu sę naloži i sŭ iněmi sŭpospěšniky.

     And the Philosopher went and, according to the old custom, set himself to prayer with his other companions.

   • line 8, from the Primary Chronicle:

     И идоша за море къ варягомъ, к русꙇ.

     I idoša za more kŭ varjagomŭ, k rusi.

     And they went across the sea to the Varangians, to the Rus.

2. to walk

Usage notes

• The verb ити (iti) is a unidirectional verb. Its multidirectional counterpart is ходити (xoditi).

Conjugation

Conjugation of ити (class IA1, intransitive)

infinitive supine verbal noun ити iti итъ itŭ идениѥ idenije participles1 present past active идꙑ idy шьдъ šĭdŭ passive — — l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular шьлъ šĭlŭ шьло šĭlo шьла šĭla dual шьла šĭla шьлѣ šĭlě шьлѣ šĭlě plural шьли šĭli шьла šĭla шьлꙑ šĭly present imperfect imperative singular 1st идѫ idǫ идѣахъ iděaxŭ — 2nd идеши ideši идѣаше iděaše иди idi 3rd идетъ idetŭ идѣаше iděaše иди idi dual 1st идевѣ idevě идѣаховѣ iděaxově идѣве iděve 2nd идета ideta идѣашета iděašeta идѣта iděta 3rd идете, идета idete, ideta идѣашете, идѣашета iděašete, iděašeta — plural 1st идемъ idemŭ идѣахомъ iděaxomŭ идѣмъ iděmŭ 2nd идете idete идѣашете iděašete идѣте iděte 3rd идѫтъ idǫtŭ идѣахѫ iděaxǫ — ox-aorist6 root aorist7 singular 1st идохъ idoxŭ идъ idŭ 2nd иде ide иде ide 3rd иде ide иде ide dual 1st идоховѣ idoxově идовѣ idově 2nd идоста idosta идета ideta 3rd идосте, идоста idoste, idosta идете, идета idete, ideta plural 1st идохомъ idoxomŭ идомъ idomŭ 2nd идосте idoste идете idete 3rd идошѧ idošę идѫ idǫ compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of ити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → шьлъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of ити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → шьлъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of ити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ ити future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of ити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → шьлъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of ити and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → шьлъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a new aorist.
⁷ Also called an asigmatic or simple aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of ити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

• възити (vŭziti)
• вънити (vŭniti)
• доити (doiti)
• изити (iziti)
• мимоити (mimoiti)
• наити (naiti)
• обити (obiti)
• отити (otiti)
• подъити (podŷiti)
• поити (poiti)
• преити (preiti)
• прити (priti)
• проити (proiti)
• прѣвъзити (prěvŭziti)
• прѣдъити (prědŷiti)
• прѣити (prěiti)
• разити (raziti)
• сънити (sŭniti)

Related terms

• грѧсти (gręsti)

References

• Miklosich, Franz (1850), Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎^[1], Vienna
• Nikolić, Svetozar (1989), Staroslovenski jezik: Pravopis, glasovi, oblici, Beograd
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎^[2], София

Further reading

• А. К. Поливанова, editor (2013), “Глагол ити”, in Старославянский язык. Грамматика. Словари.‎^[3] (in Russian), Moscow: Университет Дмитрия Пожарского, page 335
• “ити”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
• “ити”, in Исторически речник на българския език [Historical Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьti. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic ити (iti) and Old Polish ić.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪˈti/→/jɪˈtʲi/→/ˈjtʲi/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɪˈti/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /jɪˈtʲi/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjtʲi/

• Hyphenation: и‧ти

Verb

ити (iti) impf

1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of ити (irregular)

		Singular	Dual	Plural
Present	1st	идѫ idǫ	идевѣ idevě	идемъ idemŭ
	2nd	идеши ideši	идета ideta	идете idete
	3rd	идеть idetĭ	идета ideta	идѫть idǫtĭ
Aorist	1st	идохъ idoxŭ	идоховѣ idoxově	идохомъ idoxomŭ
	2nd	иде ide	идоста idosta	идосте idoste
	3rd	иде ide	идоста idosta	идоша idoša
Imperfect	1st	идѧхъ idęxŭ	идѧховѣ idęxově	идѧхомъ idęxomŭ
	2nd	идѧше idęše	идѧста idęsta	идѧсте idęste
	3rd	идѧше idęše	идѧста idęsta	идѧхѫ, идѧхѫть idęxǫ, idęxǫtĭ
Imperative		иди idi	идѣта iděta	идѣте iděte
Cohortative		— —	идѣвѣ iděvě	идѣмъ iděmŭ
Present Active Participle		Present Passive Participle	Past Active Participle	Past Passive Participle
ида ida		— —	шьдъ šĭdŭ	— —
L-Participle		Infinitive	Supine
шьлъ šĭlŭ		ити iti	итъ itŭ

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ити́ (ití), исти́ (istí)
  • Belarusian: ісці́ (iscí), йсці (jsci)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ити́ (ytý)
  • Ukrainian: іти́ (itý), йти (jty)
• Russian: идти́ (idtí)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “идти”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[4] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1023

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ti-(kü) (“that”).

Determiner

ити • (iti)

1. this, these

Pronoun

ити • (iti)

1. this, these

Derived terms

• итинник (itinnik, “such, like that”)