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Russian
Etymology
пить (pitʹ) + -ивать (-ivatʹ)
Pronunciation
Verb
пива́ть • (pivátʹ) impf
- to drink (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of пить (pitʹ)
1866, Фёдор Достоевский , “Часть V, Глава II”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:— Да-с, люби́л-с вы́пить; э́то люби́ли-с, пива́ли-с! — кри́кнул вдруг отставно́й провиа́нтский, осуша́я двена́дцатую рю́мку во́дки.- — Da-s, ljubíl-s výpitʹ; éto ljubíli-s, piváli-s! — kríknul vdrug otstavnój proviántskij, osušája dvenádcatuju rjúmku vódki.
- "Yes, he was fond of drink, he was fond of it, he did drink!" cried the commissariat clerk, gulping down his twelfth glass of vodka.
Usage notes
- This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.
Conjugation
Conjugation of пива́ть (class 1a imperfective intransitive iterative)