пасти

See also: пясти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pasti (“to pasture, herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Verb

пасти • (pasti) ?

1. to pasture
2. to herd
3. to feed

Conjugation

Conjugation of пасти (class IA1, ?)

infinitive supine verbal noun пасти pasti пастъ pastŭ пасениѥ pasenije participles1 present past active пасꙑ pasy пасъ pasŭ passive пасомъ pasomŭ пасенъ pasenŭ l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular паслъ paslŭ пасло paslo пасла pasla dual пасла pasla паслѣ paslě паслѣ paslě plural пасли pasli пасла pasla паслꙑ pasly present imperfect imperative singular 1st пасѫ pasǫ пасѣахъ pasěaxŭ — 2nd пасеши paseši пасѣаше pasěaše паси pasi 3rd пасетъ pasetŭ пасѣаше pasěaše паси pasi dual 1st пасевѣ pasevě пасѣаховѣ pasěaxově пасѣве pasěve 2nd пасета paseta пасѣашета pasěašeta пасѣта pasěta 3rd пасете, пасета pasete, paseta пасѣашете, пасѣашета pasěašete, pasěašeta — plural 1st пасемъ pasemŭ пасѣахомъ pasěaxomŭ пасѣмъ pasěmŭ 2nd пасете pasete пасѣашете pasěašete пасѣте pasěte 3rd пасѫтъ pasǫtŭ пасѣахѫ pasěaxǫ — ?-aorist singular 1st 2nd 3rd dual 1st 2nd 3rd plural 1st 2nd 3rd compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of пасти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → паслъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of пасти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → паслъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of пасти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ пасти future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of пасти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → паслъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of пасти and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → паслъ 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.

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

Descendants

• Russian: пасти (pasti)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: па̑сти

  Latin script: pȃsti

• Slovene: pasti
• Bulgarian: паса (pasa)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pasti ("fall"). Cognate with Latin рēs, Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (poús), and Old English fōt (“foot”).

Verb

пасти • (pasti) (reflexive) pf (Old East Church Slavonic)

1. to fall
   • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Psalms 118.13:

     Възриновенъ преклоних̑сѧ па́сти, и҆ г҃ь прїа́т꙽ мѧ·

     Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

2. to fall down
3. to perish

Conjugation

Conjugation of пасти (class IA1, ?)

infinitive supine verbal noun пасти pasti пастъ pastŭ падениѥ padenije participles1 present past active падꙑ pady падъ padŭ passive падомъ padomŭ паденъ padenŭ l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular палъ palŭ пало palo пала pala dual пала pala палѣ palě палѣ palě plural пали pali пала pala палꙑ paly present imperfect imperative singular 1st падѫ padǫ падѣахъ paděaxŭ — 2nd падеши padeši падѣаше paděaše пади padi 3rd падетъ padetŭ падѣаше paděaše пади padi dual 1st падевѣ padevě падѣаховѣ paděaxově падѣве paděve 2nd падета padeta падѣашета paděašeta падѣта paděta 3rd падете, падета padete, padeta падѣашете, падѣашета paděašete, paděašeta — plural 1st падемъ pademŭ падѣахомъ paděaxomŭ падѣмъ paděmŭ 2nd падете padete падѣашете paděašete падѣте paděte 3rd падѫтъ padǫtŭ падѣахѫ paděaxǫ — ?-aorist singular 1st 2nd 3rd dual 1st 2nd 3rd plural 1st 2nd 3rd compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of пасти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → палъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of пасти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → палъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of пасти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ пасти future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of пасти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → палъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of пасти and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → палъ 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.

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

Derived terms

• въпасти (vŭpasti)
• допасти (dopasti)
• испасти (ispasti)
• напасти (napasti)
• низъпасти (nizŭpasti)
• отъпасти (otŭpasti)
• припасти (pripasti)
• распасти (raspasti)
• съпад (sŭpad)
• съпасти (sŭpasti)
• оупасти (upasti)

Related terms

• падати (padati)

Descendants

• Russian: пасть (pastʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: па̏сти

  Latin script: pȁsti

• Slovene: pasti
• Bulgarian: падам (padam)

References

• S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Russian

FWOTD – 29 November 2020

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pastì, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈsʲtʲi]

Verb

пасти́ • (pastí) impf (verbal noun (nomen actionis) пастьба́ or (nomen loci) па́стбище or (nomen agentis) пасту́х or (nomen agentis) па́стырь or (nomen patientis) па́ства)

1. to graze, to pasture, to shepherd
2. (slang) to follow, to tail
   • 2007, Андрей Юрьевич Курков (Andrey Yuryevich Kurkov), chapter 54, in Игра в отрезанный палец; translated as George Bird, transl., The Case of the General's Thumb, (Please provide a date or year):

     Дво́е в джи́нсовых костю́мах удира́ли из Ки́ева на сле́дующий день по́сле сме́рти Брони́цкого... Дво́е други́х пасли́ их в По́льше до грани́цы с Герма́нией.

     Dvóje v džínsovyx kostjúmax udiráli iz Kíjeva na slédujuščij denʹ pósle smérti Broníckovo... Dvóje drugíx paslí ix v Pólʹše do granícy s Germánijej.

     The two men in denim suits hopped it from Kiev the day after Bronitsky died. The other two tailed them from Poland to the German frontier.

Conjugation

Conjugation of пасти́ (class 7b/b imperfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
^△ Irregular.
^* Dated.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	пасти́ pastí
participles	present tense	past tense
active	пасу́щий pasúščij	па́сший pásšij
passive	пасо́мый*△ pasómyj*△	пасённый pasjónnyj
adverbial	пася́ pasjá	па́сши pásši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	пасу́ pasú	бу́ду пасти́ búdu pastí
2nd singular (ты)	пасёшь pasjóšʹ	бу́дешь пасти́ búdešʹ pastí
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	пасёт pasjót	бу́дет пасти́ búdet pastí
1st plural (мы)	пасём pasjóm	бу́дем пасти́ búdem pastí
2nd plural (вы)	пасёте pasjóte	бу́дете пасти́ búdete pastí
3rd plural (они́)	пасу́т pasút	бу́дут пасти́ búdut pastí
imperative	singular	plural
2nd (ты/вы)	паси́ pasí	паси́те pasíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	па́с pás	пасли́ paslí
feminine (я/ты/она́)	пасла́ paslá
neuter (оно́)	пасло́ pasló

Pre-reform conjugation of пасти́ (class 7b/b imperfective transitive)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
^△ Irregular.
^* Dated.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	пасти́ pastí
participles	present tense	past tense
active	пасу́щій pasúščij	па́сшій pásšij
passive	пасо́мый*△ pasómyj*△	пасённый pasjónnyj
adverbial	пася́ pasjá	па́сши pásši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	пасу́ pasú	бу́ду пасти́ búdu pastí
2nd singular (ты)	пасёшь pasjóšʹ	бу́дешь пасти́ búdešʹ pastí
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	пасётъ pasjót	бу́детъ пасти́ búdet pastí
1st plural (мы)	пасёмъ pasjóm	бу́демъ пасти́ búdem pastí
2nd plural (вы)	пасёте pasjóte	бу́дете пасти́ búdete pastí
3rd plural (они́)	пасу́тъ pasút	бу́дутъ пасти́ búdut pastí
imperative	singular	plural
2nd (ты/вы)	паси́ pasí	паси́те pasíte
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	па́съ pás	пасли́ paslí
feminine (я/ты/она́)	пасла́ paslá
neuter (оно́)	пасло́ pasló

Derived terms

verbs

• пасти́сь impf (pastísʹ)
• вы́пасти pf (výpasti), выпаса́ть impf (vypasátʹ)
• допасти́ pf (dopastí)
• запасти́ pf (zapastí), запаса́ть impf (zapasátʹ)
• запасти́сь pf (zapastísʹ), запаса́ться impf (zapasátʹsja)
• напасти́ pf (napastí), напаса́ть impf (napasátʹ)
• напасти́сь pf (napastísʹ), напаса́ться impf (napasátʹsja)
• опаса́ться impf (opasátʹsja)
• отпасти́ pf (otpastí)
• отпасти́сь pf (otpastísʹ)
• попасти́ pf (popastí)
• попасти́сь pf (popastísʹ)
• припасти́ pf (pripastí), припаса́ть impf (pripasátʹ)
• припасти́сь pf (pripastísʹ), припаса́ться impf (pripasátʹsja)
• пропасти́ pf (propastí)
• пропасти́сь pf (propastísʹ)
• спасти́ pf (spastí), спаса́ть impf (spasátʹ)
• спасти́сь pf (spastísʹ), спаса́ться impf (spasátʹsja)
• упасти́ pf (upastí)
• упасти́сь pf (upastísʹ)

Related terms

• вы́пас (výpas)
• па́стбище (pástbišče)
• па́ства (pástva)
• пасту́х (pastúx)
• па́стырь (pástyrʹ)
• подпасок (podpasok)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpasʲtʲɪ]

Noun

па́сти • (pásti) f inan or f inan pl

1. inflection of пасть (pastʹ):
   1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pasti, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-, *pod-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâsti/
• Hyphenation: па‧сти

Verb

па̏сти pf (Latin spelling pȁsti)

1. (intransitive) to fall

   пасти на памет ― to come to mind (compare German einfallen)

2. (informal) to fail a test, an exam or similar

   Пао сам на испиту из француског. ― I failed the French exam.

   Пао сам француски. ― I failed French. (same meaning as above but very informal)

Conjugation

Conjugation of пасти

infinitive		пасти
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		па̑вши
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		паднем панем	паднеш панеш	падне пане	паднемо панемо	паднете панете	падну пану
future	future I	паст ћу1 пашћу	паст ћеш1 пашћеш	паст ће1 пашће	паст ћемо1 пашћемо	паст ћете1 пашћете	паст ће̄1 пашће
	future II	бу̏де̄м пао2	бу̏де̄ш пао2	бу̏де̄ пао2	бу̏де̄мо пали2	бу̏де̄те пали2	бу̏дӯ пали2
past	perfect	пао сам2	пао си2	пао је2	пали смо2	пали сте2	пали су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам пао2	би̏о си пао2	би̏о је пао2	би́ли смо пали2	би́ли сте пали2	би́ли су пали2
	aorist	падох	паде	паде	падосмо	падосте	падоше
conditional	conditional I	пао бих2	пао би2	пао би2	пали бисмо2	пали бисте2	пали би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих пао2	би̏о би пао2	би̏о би пао2	би́ли бисмо пали2	би́ли бисте пали2	би́ли би пали2
imperative		—	падни пани	—	паднимо панимо	падните паните	—
active past participle		пао m / пала f / пало n			пали m / пале f / пала n

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

• до̀пасти
• за̀пасти
• ѝспасти
• на̀пасти
• о̀пасти
• о̀тпасти
• по̀пасти
• по̀тпасти
• прѐпасти
• прѝпасти
• про̀пасти
• распасти
• спа̏сти
• спо̀пасти
• у̀пасти

Related terms

• па̏дати impf

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pasti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to graze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâːsti/
• Hyphenation: па‧сти

Verb

па̑сти impf (Latin spelling pȃsti)

1. (ambitransitive) to graze

Conjugation

Conjugation of пасти

infinitive		пасти
present verbal adverb		па́сӯћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		пасем	пасеш	пасе	пасемо	пасете	пасу
future	future I	паст ћу1 пашћу	паст ћеш1 пашћеш	паст ће1 пашће	паст ћемо1 пашћемо	паст ћете1 пашћете	паст ће̄1 пашће
	future II	бу̏де̄м пасао2	бу̏де̄ш пасао2	бу̏де̄ пасао2	бу̏де̄мо пасли2	бу̏де̄те пасли2	бу̏дӯ пасли2
past	perfect	пасао сам2	пасао си2	пасао је2	пасли смо2	пасли сте2	пасли су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам пасао2	би̏о си пасао2	би̏о је пасао2	би́ли смо пасли2	би́ли сте пасли2	би́ли су пасли2
	imperfect	пасијах	пасијаше	пасијаше	пасијасмо	пасијасте	пасијаху
conditional	conditional I	пасао бих2	пасао би2	пасао би2	пасли бисмо2	пасли бисте2	пасли би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих пасао2	би̏о би пасао2	би̏о би пасао2	би́ли бисмо пасли2	би́ли бисте пасли2	би́ли би пасли2
imperative		—	паси	—	пасимо	пасите	—
active past participle		пасао m / пасла f / пасло n			пасли m / пасле f / пасла n
passive past participle		пасен m / пасена f / пасено n			пасени m / пасене f / пасена n

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

• на̀па̄сти
• по̀па̄сти

References

• “пасти”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “пасти”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaste]
• IPA^(key): [pɐˈstɪ]

  • Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pasti.

Verb

па́сти • (pásty) impf

1. (transitive) to graze, to pasture, to shepherd

Conjugation

Conjugation of па́сти (class 7b, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	па́сти pásty
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	пасучи́ pasučý	па́сши pásšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	пасу́ pasú	бу́ду па́сти, па́стиму búdu pásty, pástymu
2nd singular ти	пасе́ш paséš	бу́деш па́сти, па́стимеш búdeš pásty, pástymeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	пасе́ pasé	бу́де па́сти, па́стиме búde pásty, pástyme
1st plural ми	пасе́м, пасемо́ pasém, pasemó	бу́демо па́сти, па́стимемо, па́стимем búdemo pásty, pástymemo, pástymem
2nd plural ви	пасете́ paseté	бу́дете па́сти, па́стимете búdete pásty, pástymete
3rd plural вони	пасу́ть pasútʹ	бу́дуть па́сти, па́стимуть búdutʹ pásty, pástymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	пасі́м, пасі́мо pasím, pasímo
second-person	паси́ pasý	пасі́ть pasítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	пас pas	па́сли pásly
feminine я / ти / вона	па́сла pásla
neuter воно	па́сло páslo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pàsti.

Verb

па́сти • (pásty) pf

1. (intransitive) to fall
2. (intransitive) to drop

Conjugation

Conjugation of па́сти (class 7b, perfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	па́сти pásty
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	па́вши pávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	паду́ padú
2nd singular ти	—	паде́ш padéš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	паде́ padé
1st plural ми	—	паде́м, падемо́ padém, pademó
2nd plural ви	—	падете́ padeté
3rd plural вони	—	паду́ть padútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	паді́м, паді́мо padím, padímo
second-person	пади́ padý	паді́ть padítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	пав pav	па́ли pály
feminine я / ти / вона	па́ла pála
neuter воно	па́ло pálo

Etymology 3

Noun

па́сти • (pásty) f inan

1. inflection of па́ста (pásta):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пасти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “пасти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “пасти”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]