писати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to paint, draw”). Compare Slovene pisati, Macedonian пишува (pišuva), Bulgarian пиша (piša), Polish pisać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐːsati/
• Hyphenation: пи‧са‧ти

Verb

пи́сати impf (Latin spelling písati)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
2. (transitive) to write (to compose a text for written or printed reproduction or publication)
3. (intransitive) to write (to engage in written conversation)
4. (intransitive) to write (to be an author)
5. (transitive) to write, to take (to fill in a written exam)
6. to say, to state (to indicate in a written form)

   Новине пишу нешто сасвим друго.

   The newspapers say something entirely different.

7. (impersonal) to say, to state, to read (to be stated in a written form)

   На њиховој wеб страници пише да је уређај састављен од врхунских компонената.

   Their website says that the device is built of top-tier quality components.

   На етикети јасно пише за што је уређај намијењен.

   The label clearly states what the device is designed for.

Conjugation

Conjugation of писати

Infinitive: писати		Present verbal adverb: пи́шӯћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: пи́са̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		пишем	пишеш	пише	пишемо	пишете	пишу
Future	Future I	писат ћу1 писаћу	писат ћеш1 писаћеш	писат ће1 писаће	писат ћемо1 писаћемо	писат ћете1 писаћете	писат ће1 писаће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м писао2	бу̏де̄ш писао2	бу̏де̄ писао2	бу̏де̄мо писали2	бу̏де̄те писали2	бу̏дӯ писали2
Past	Perfect	писао сам2	писао си2	писао је2	писали смо2	писали сте2	писали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам писао2	би̏о си писао2	би̏о је писао2	би́ли смо писали2	би́ли сте писали2	би́ли су писали2
	Imperfect	писах	писаше	писаше	писасмо	писасте	писаху
Conditional I		писао бих2	писао би2	писао би2	писали бисмо2	писали бисте2	писали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих писао2	би̏о би писао2	би̏о би писао2	би́ли бисмо писали2	би́ли бисте писали2	би́ли би писали2
Imperative		—	пиши	—	пишимо	пишите	—
Active past participle		писао m / писала f / писало n			писали m / писале f / писала n
Passive past participle		писан m / писана f / писано n			писани m / писане f / писана 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

• допи́сати
• испи́сати
• надопи́сати
• напи́сати
• опи́сати
• отпи́сати
• попи́сати

• потпи́сати
• препи́сати
• припи́сати
• пропи́сати
• распи́сати
• упи́сати
• запи́сати

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic пьсати (pĭsati), писати (pisati), from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [peˈsate]

Verb

писа́ти • (pysáty) impf (perfective написа́ти)

1. (transitive) to write
2. (transitive) to send written information to, to notify, to text
3. (transitive) to create text in written form
4. (transitive, intransitive) to be the author (of a book, article, poem, etc.)
5. (transitive) to draw (an art piece)
6. (transitive, dated) to give someone or something a name (in a document)
7. (transitive, obsolete) to bequeath
8. (transitive, obsolete) to decorate (with ornament)

Derived terms

• ви́лами по воді́ пи́сано (výlamy po vodí pýsano)
• власною рукою писати (vlasnoju rukoju pysaty)
• писа́ти кре́нделі нога́ми (pysáty kréndeli nohámy)
• писа́ти мислі́те (pysáty myslíte)
• писа́ти рядки (pysáty rjadky)
• пиши пропало (pyšy propalo)
• пішло писати (pišlo pysaty)

 

References

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