pëtac

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See also: Petac and pętać

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

Pronunciation

Verb

pëtac impf

  1. (transitive or more commonly, reflexive with ) to ask (to request information or an answer to a question)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pëtac impf
person singular plural polite
masculine feminine neuter virile nonvirile virile
infinitive pëtac
present tense 1st pitajã/pitóm pitómë/pitóma
2nd pitôsz pitôce pitôta
3rd pitô pitają
-ł forms pëtôł pëtała pëtało pëtalë pëtałë pëtalë
imperative 1st niech [[pitajã/pitóm]] pëtôjmë
2nd pëtôj pëtôjta pëtôjce
3rd niech pitô niech pitają
active adjectival participle pëtający pëtającô pëtającé pëtający pëtającé pëtający
passive adjectival participle pëtany pëtanô pëtané pëtan pëtané pëtany
contemporary adverbial participle pëtającë
*) The past tense is formed by using an optional personal pronoun and the appropriate -ł form.
**) A regional, Czech-influenced past tense is formed using the appropriate combined form of że and the the appropriate -ł form.
***) An archaic past form is built the same way but the appropriate present tense form of bëc is used instead of że.
****) An obsolete pluperfect is formed using a present tense form of bëc, the appropriate -ł form of bëc, followed by the appropriate -ł form of the verb, or by using an -ł form of bëc or miec plus the passive participle.
*****) The future tense is formed using a future form of bëc and the appropriate -ł form or the infinitive.
******) The conditional is formed by using a personal pronoun, the particle , and the appropriate -ł form.

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “pétac są”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 134
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “pytać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “pytać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • pëtac sã”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpə.tat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -at͡s
  • Syllabification: pë‧tac

Verb

pëtac impf

  1. (transitive or reflexive with ) to ask (to request information or an answer to a question)

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading