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

Conjugation

Present tense of просити
singular dual plural
азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ () вѣ () ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti)
прошѫ (prošǫ) просиши (prosiši) проситъ (prositŭ) просивѣ (prosivě) просита (prosita) просите (prosite) просимъ (prosimŭ) просите (prosite) прошѫтъ (prošǫtŭ)

Derived terms

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of просити
infinitive просити
present verbal adverb про̀се̄ћи
past verbal adverb просивши
verbal noun про̏ше̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present просим просиш проси просимо просите просе
future future I просит ћу1
просићу
просит ћеш1
просићеш
просит ће1
просиће
просит ћемо1
просићемо
просит ћете1
просићете
просит ћē1
просиће
future II бу̏де̄м просио2 бу̏де̄ш просио2 бу̏де̄ просио2 бу̏де̄мо просили2 бу̏де̄те просили2 бу̏дӯ просили2
past perfect просио сам2 просио си2 просио је2 просили смо2 просили сте2 просили су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам просио2 би̏о си просио2 би̏о је просио2 би́ли смо просили2 би́ли сте просили2 би́ли су просили2
imperfect прошах прошаше прошаше прошасмо прошасте прошаху
conditional conditional I просио бих2 просио би2 просио би2 просили бисмо2 просили бисте2 просили би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих просио2 би̏о би просио2 би̏о би просио2 би́ли бисмо просили2 би́ли бисте просили2 би́ли би просили2
imperative проси просимо просите
active past participle просио m / просила f / просило n просили m / просиле f / просила n
passive past participle прошен m / прошена f / прошено n прошени m / прошене f / прошена 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

Further reading

  • просити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

проси́ти (prosýtyimpf (perfective попроси́ти)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

References