pëtac

See also: Petac and pętać

Kashubian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɜ.tat͡s/
    • Rhymes: -ɜtat͡s
    • Syllabification: pë‧tac

    Verb

    pëtac impf

    1. (transitive or more commonly, reflexive with ) to ask (to request information or an answer to a question) [with ò (+ accusative) ‘about whom/what’]

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of pëtac impf
    person singular plural polite
    masculine feminine neuter virile nonvirile virile
    infinitive pëtac
    present tense 1st pitajã/pitóm pitómë/pitóma
    2nd pitôsz pitôce pitôta
    3rd pitô pitają
    -ł forms pëtôł pëtała pëtało pëtalë pëtałë pëtalë
    imperative 1st niech [[pitajã/pitóm]] pëtôjmë
    2nd pëtôj pëtôjta pëtôjce
    3rd niech pitô niech pitają
    active adjectival participle pëtający pëtającô pëtającé pëtający pëtającé pëtający
    passive adjectival participle pëtany pëtanô pëtané pëtan pëtané pëtany
    contemporary adverbial participle pëtającë
    *) The past tense is formed by using an optional personal pronoun and the appropriate -ł form.
    **) A regional, Czech-influenced past tense is formed using the appropriate combined form of że and the the appropriate -ł form.
    ***) An archaic past form is built the same way but the appropriate present tense form of bëc is used instead of że.
    ****) An obsolete pluperfect is formed using a present tense form of bëc, the appropriate -ł form of bëc, followed by the appropriate -ł form of the verb, or by using an -ł form of bëc or miec plus the passive participle.
    *****) The future tense is formed using a future form of bëc and the appropriate -ł form or the infinitive.
    ******) The conditional is formed by using a personal pronoun, the particle , and the appropriate -ł form.

    Further reading

    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “pétac są”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 134
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “pytać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “pytać”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
    • pëtac sã”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Slovincian

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈpə.tat͡s/
      • Rhymes: -ətat͡s
      • Syllabification: pë‧tac

      Verb

      pëtac impf

      1. (transitive or reflexive with ) to ask (to request information or an answer to a question) [with za (+ instrumental) ‘about whom/what’]

      Derived terms

      verbs
      • dôpëtac pf, dôpëtac impf
      • napëtac pf, napëtac impf
      • przêpëtac pf, przêpëtac impf
      • pôpëtac pf
      • rôzpëtac pf, rôzpëtac impf
      • spëtac pf
      • wëpëtac pf, wëpëtac impf
      • wôpëtac pf, wôpëtac impf
      • zapëtac pf, zapëtac impf

      Further reading