точити

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *točiti.

Verb

точити (točitiimpf

  1. to drive, to hurry
  2. to pour, to shed, to let flow

Conjugation

References

  • точити”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024
  • Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2012), “točiti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 16 (sьde – trъtъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 968

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *točiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǒt͡ʃiti/
  • Hyphenation: то‧чи‧ти

Verb

то̀чити impf (Latin spelling tòčiti)

  1. (transitive) to pour
  2. (transitive) to tap (draw off liquid from a vessel)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • точити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • точити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *točiti (to cause to flow, to cause to run). Causative of текти́ (tektý, to flow, to run).

Verb

точи́ти (točýtyimpf (transitive)

  1. to cause to flow, to cause to run, to flow
  2. to pour
  3. to tap
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Etymology 2

Probably, the same as etymology 1.

Verb

точи́ти (točýtyimpf (transitive)

  1. to sharpen, to hone, to whet
  2. to produce, to make (using a lathe)
  3. (impersonal) to damage by eating/chewing through (of pests)
  4. (impersonal) to distress, to trouble
  5. (colloquial) to nag, to blame, to criticize
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Etymology 3

The same as etymology 1.

Verb

точи́ти (točýtyimpf (perfective проточи́ти) (transitive)

  1. (rare) to sift, to sieve, to strain (to remove inedible parts from wheat, peas, rice etc. by sifting)
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Further reading