питам

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pytati (“to ask, examine”). Akin via ablaut to Old Church Slavonic непъщевати (nepŭštevati, “not to doubt, not to question”).

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пи́там • (pítam) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. to ask, to question, to enquire, to query
2. to ask permission

• Although пи́там does not officially have or require a perfective form, попи́там can be used. For example, "I want to ask him something" is commonly rendered as "искам нещо да го питам", which uses the imperfective verb with a "perfective meaning". It would also be correct to say "искам нещо да го попитам", but it's not grammatically required.

• -пит (-pit) (in compounds)
  • и́зпит (ízpit)
  • о́пит (ópit)
  • ра́зпит (rázpit)

• пита́я (pitája, “to foster”) (etymologically unrelated)

• “питам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “питам”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пꙑ́тамь и пꙑ́тувамь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 405
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “питам”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 265
• “пꙑтати”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

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• Rhymes: -itam
• Hyphenation: пи‧там

питам (pitam)

1. first-person singular present indicative of питац (pitac)