пойти

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Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic поити (poiti), from Proto-Slavic *pojьti. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ ити́ (ití). Compare Russian пойти́ (pojtí), Old Novgorodian поити (poiti).

Verb

пойти́ (pojtípf (imperfective ити́)

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Descendants

Further reading

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2006), “пойти, поити”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 26 (позней – поробтати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 29
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “поити¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 176
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2003) “пойти”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (О – Я), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 152
  • Dezső, László (1996) “поити”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 121

Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ -йти́ (-jtí)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: пойдти́)
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Verb

пойти́ (pojtípf (imperfective идти́) (concrete verbs)

  1. to go
    Пойди́те со мной.Pojdíte so mnoj.Come with me. (polite)
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 6:37:
      Он сказал им в ответ: вы дайте им есть. И сказали Ему: разве нам пойти купить хлеба динариев на двести и дать им есть?
      On skazal im v otvet: vy dajte im jestʹ. I skazali Jemu: razve nam pojti kupitʹ xleba dinarijev na dvesti i datʹ im jestʹ?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to walk
  3. to start, to begin
    Пошёл дождь.Pošól doždʹ.It's started raining.
  4. to function, to work

Usage notes

Идти and пойти are Russian concrete verbs. Their counterpart, ходить, is an abstract verb.

Пойти has a special first-person plural imperative form, пойдёмте, which carries the same meaning as давайте пойдём and means "let's go".

Conjugation