спеть

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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From Old East Slavic спѣти (spěti, to hasten, to succeed), from Proto-Indo-European *spewd- (press, hurry), whence English speed. Akin to Slovene speti (to hasten), Slovak dospieť (grow mature), Czech spět, spěch. Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit स्फायते (sphā́yatē, to grow fat, increase) and German sich sputen (to hasten).

Verb

спеть (spetʹimpf (perfective поспе́ть)

  1. to ripen
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

с- (s-) +‎ петь (petʹ)

Verb

спеть (spetʹpf (imperfective петь)

  1. to sing
  2. to crow
Conjugation

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress