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пить

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic пити (piti), from Proto-Slavic *piti (to drink), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (to drink). Related to Latin pōtāre (to drink).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pʲitʲ]
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Verb

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пить (pitʹimpf (perfective вы́пить or попи́ть, verbal noun (nomen actionis instantiae) пи́тие or (nomen actionis instantiae; nomen obiecti) питьё or (nomen obiecti) пи́во or (nomen obiecti) напи́ток)

  1. to drink
    как пи́ть дать (idiom)kak pítʹ datʹ (idiom)for sure, as sure as eggs are eggs
    пить го́рькую (idiom)pitʹ górʹkuju (idiom)to drink hard

Usage notes

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  • Dated usage places the stress on не (ne) when negated in the past tense, hence не́ пил, не́ пило, не́ пили (but always не пила́). This usage is no longer current.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “пить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “пить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 36

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