шить

IPA^(key): /ʃitʲ/

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From ши (ši) +‎ -ть (-ť, definite genitive suffix).

шить • (šiť)

1. definite singular genitive of ши (ši)

From ши (ši) +‎ -ть (-ť, adverbial suffix). Serebrennikov calls this suffix "one of the temporalis adverbial suffixes," it has been suggested that it derives from the Uralic ablative, same as Moksha -да (-da), see the latter for more. Alternatively it is to be linked with the Uralic locative *-t. This suffix is not productive, it is found only in a handful of fossilized adverbs.^[1] It is etymologically unrelated to the homophonous definite genitive suffix, which is most likely of pronominal origin, cognate with тя (ťa, “this”).^[2]

шить • (šiť)

1. by day, during the day
   • O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik , Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 49

     Мон тонафнян илять, а шить покодян

     Mon tonafńan iľať, a šiť pokoďan

     I study at night, during the day I work

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁-. Cognate to Lithuanian siūti, English sew, Latin suō.

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• IPA: /ʃˠɘtʲ/
• Rhymes: -ɨtʲ

шить • (šitʹ) impf (perfective сшить)

1. (transitive) to sew

   Synonyms: прошива́ть (prošivátʹ), стега́ть (stegátʹ), смётывать (smjótyvatʹ), строчи́ть (stročítʹ), тача́ть (tačátʹ)

   шить на маши́нке ― šitʹ na mašínke ― to sew on a machine

2. (intransitive, only imperfective) to be occupied with sewing, to tailor

   Synonyms: обшива́ть (obšivátʹ), портняжить (portnjažitʹ)

   Чем она́ занима́ется? Она шьёт. ― Čem oná zanimájetsja? Ona šʹjot. ― What is she? She’s a dressmaker.

3. (colloquial) to order (e.g., a dress)
4. (only imperfective) to embroider

   шить зо́лотом ― šitʹ zólotom ― embroider in gold

   шито бе́лыми ни́тками (saying) ― šito bélymi nítkami ― blatantly obvious, transparent to anyone (literally, “embroidered in white thread”)

   шить де́ло (colloquial) ― šitʹ délo ― to cook up charges (literally, “to embroider the case”)

   (он) не лы́ком шит (saying) ― (on) ne lýkom šit ― (he) was not born yesterday (literally, “(he) was not embroidered in bast”)

5. (figuratively) to nail planking

   шить плот ― šitʹ plot ― to make a raft

• поро́ть (porótʹ)