просити

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

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

Verb

просити (prositiimpf

  1. ask
    • from Codex Marianus, 1054200:
      Просѧштꙋмꙋ ꙋ тебе даи · ꙇ хотѧштаго отъ тебе заѩти не отъврати ·
      Prosęštumu u tebe dai · i xotęštago otŭ tebe zajęti ne otŭvrati ·
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. demand

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Descendants

  • Bulgarian: прося (prosja)
  • Serbo-Croatian: просити

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: про‧си‧ти

Verb

про̀сити impf (Latin spelling pròsiti)

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

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Further reading

  • просити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old Ukrainian просити (prositi), from Old East Slavic просити (prositi), from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

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Verb

проси́ти (prosýtyimpf (perfective попроси́ти)

  1. to ask for, to beg for
  2. to intercede for
  3. to invite

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