prositi

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Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈprosici/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈprosici/

Verb

prositi impf

  1. to ask for
    prositi ženy za sě
    to court/woo a woman / to make a proposal to her
  2. to beg

Conjugation

Conjugation of prositi (class IV)
infinitive supine verbal noun
prositi prosit prošenie
Present Imperative
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
1st person prošu prosívě (-va) prosím (-me/-my) – prosvě, prosivě (-va) prosme, prosim (-me/-my)
2nd person prosíš prosíta prosíte pros, prosi prosta, prosita proste, prosite
3rd person prosí prosíta prosie pros, prosi prosta, prosita proste, prosite
Sigmatic aorist Imperfect
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
1st person prosich prosichově (-va) prosichom (-me/-my) prosiech prosiechově (-va) prosiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person prosi prosista (-šta) prosiste (-šte) prosieše prosiešta (-sta) prosiešte (-ste)
3rd person prosi prosista (-šta) prosichu prosieše prosiešta (-sta) prosiechu
L-participle Passive participle
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Masculine prosil prosila prosili prošen prošena prošeni
Feminine prosila prosile prosily prošena prošeně prošeny
Neuter prosilo prosile prosila prošeno prošeně prošena
Nt-participle S-participle
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Masculine prosě prosiece prosiv prosivše
Feminine prosieci prosivši
Neuter prosě, prosieci prosiv, prosivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of prositi around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: prosit

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǒsiti/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧si‧ti

Verb

pròsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling про̀сити)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to beg, ask alms (usually money)
  2. (transitive) to woo, propose (girl)
  3. (Croatia, regional) to ask

Conjugation

Conjugation of prositi
Infinitive: prositi Present verbal adverb: pròsēći Past verbal adverb: prosivši Verbal noun: prȍšēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present prosim prosiš prosi prosimo prosite prose
Future Future I prosit ću1
prosiću 		prosit ćeš1
prosićeš 		prosit će1
prosiće 		prosit ćemo1
prosićemo 		prosit ćete1
prosićete 		prosit će1
prosiće
Future II bȕdēm prosio2 bȕdēš prosio2 bȕdē prosio2 bȕdēmo prosili2 bȕdēte prosili2 bȕdū prosili2
Past Perfect prosio sam2 prosio si2 prosio je2 prosili smo2 prosili ste2 prosili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam prosio2 bȉo si prosio2 bȉo je prosio2 bíli smo prosili2 bíli ste prosili2 bíli su prosili2
Imperfect prošah prošaše prošaše prošasmo prošaste prošahu
Conditional I prosio bih2 prosio bi2 prosio bi2 prosili bismo2 prosili biste2 prosili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih prosio2 bȉo bi prosio2 bȉo bi prosio2 bíli bismo prosili2 bíli biste prosili2 bíli bi prosili2
Imperative — prosi — prosimo prosite —
Active past participle prosio m / prosila f / prosilo n prosili m / prosile f / prosila n
Passive past participle prošen m / prošena f / prošeno n prošeni m / prošene f / prošena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.

4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔsìːti/, /prɔsíːti/

Verb

prosīti impf

  1. to ask, to make a request

Inflection

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive prosīti
1st singular prọ́sim
infinitive prosīti prósit
supine prósit
verbal noun prọ́šenje
participle converb
present prosȅč —
past prọ́šen —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular prósił prosȋla prosílo
dual prosíla prosíli prosíli
plural prosíli prosíle prosíla
present imperative
1st singular prọ́sim —
2nd singular prọ́siš prósi
3rd singular prọ́si —
1st dual prọ́siva prosȋva
2nd dual prọ́sita prosȋta
3rd dual prọ́sita —
1st plural prọ́simo prosȋmo
2nd plural prọ́site prosȋte
3rd plural prọ́sijo —

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