непитавш

Relic past active participle of не- (ne-, negating particle) +‎ пи́там (pítam, “to ask”) +‎ -авш (-avš).

• IPA^(key): [nɛpiˈtafʃ]

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• Rhymes: -afʃ
• Syllabification^(key): не‧пи‧тавш

непита́вш • (nepitávš) (adverb непита́вше) (obsolete)

1. (literally) not asked, not inquired
2. (by extension) without permission, unallowed, unauthorized

In modern times, only the adverbs непитавш (nepitavš) (acc. sg.), непитавшем (nepitavšem) (instr. sg.) are still used dialectally:

• Влязох непиташ.

  Vljazoh nepitaš.

  [I] have entered unauthorized.

• Послушните деца не вършат нищо непитавшем.

  Poslušnite deca ne vǎršat ništo nepitavšem.

  The well-mannered kids do nothing without asking.

• Nayden Gerov (1899), “непꙑта́шь”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 266
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “непиташ”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 616