пить

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pit"

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic пити (piti), from Proto-Slavic *piti (to drink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʲitʲ]
  • (file)

Verb

пить • (pitʹ) impf (perfective вы́пить or попи́ть)

  1. to drink
    как пи́ть дать (idiom)kak pítʹ datʹ (idiom)for sure, as sure as eggs are eggs
    пить го́рькую (idiom)pitʹ górʹkuju (idiom)to drink hard

Usage notes

  • Dated usage places the stress on не (ne) when negated in the past tense, hence не́ пил, не́ пило, не́ пили (but always не пила́). This usage is no longer current.

Conjugation

Derived terms

verbs

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), пить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), пить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 36
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