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Etymology 1

Follows from the diachronic convergence of Proto-Slavic *tъčiti (“to point, to sharpen”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewk- (“to hew”) and Proto-Slavic *točiti (“to stiffen”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tek- (“to rig, to fixate”). Morphologically, an iterative of Russian ткнуть (tknutʹ, “to poke”).

Verb

точи́ть • (točítʹ) impf

1. to sharpen, to hone, to whet

   точи́ть зу́бы на ― točítʹ zúby na ― to bear a grudge against

   Perfectives: наточи́ть (natočítʹ), заточи́ть (zatočítʹ), поточи́ть (potočítʹ)

2. to produce, to make (using a lathe)

   Perfective: вы́точить (výtočitʹ)

3. to wear away, to wear down
4. (colloquial) to nag

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Related terms

• точе́ние (točénije)
• точёный (točónyj)
• то́чный (tóčnyj), то́чно (tóčno), то́чность (tóčnostʹ)
• точи́ло (točílo), точи́льный (točílʹnyj), точи́лка (točílka), точи́льщик (točílʹščik)
• то́чка (tóčka)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *točiti (“to drain”), causative of ток (tok, “current”) +‎ -ить (-itʹ).

Verb

точи́ть • (točítʹ) impf (perfective источи́ть)

1. (dated) to emit, to exude (smell, light, etc.)
2. (dated) to shed (tears)

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Related terms

• те́чь (téčʹ)
• ток (tok)
• сто́чный (stóčnyj)