писати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to paint, draw”). Compare Slovene pisati, Macedonian пишува (pišuva), Bulgarian пиша (piša), Polish pisać.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǐːsati/
Hyphenation: пи‧са‧ти

Verb

пи́сати impf (Latin spelling písati)

(transitive, intransitive) to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate)
(transitive) to write (to compose a text for written or printed reproduction or publication)
(intransitive) to write (to engage in written conversation)
(intransitive) to write (to be an author)
(transitive) to write, to take (to fill in a written exam)
to say, to state (to indicate in a written form)
Новине пишу нешто сасвим друго.
The newspapers say something entirely different.
(impersonal) to say, to state, to read (to be stated in a written form)
На њиховој wеб страници пише да је уређај састављен од врхунских компонената.
Their website says that the device is built of top-tier quality components.

На етикети јасно пише за што је уређај намијењен.
The label clearly states what the device is designed for.

Conjugation

Conjugation of писати

Infinitive: писати		Present verbal adverb: пи́шӯћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: пи́са̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		пишем	пишеш	пише	пишемо	пишете	пишу
Future	Future I	писат ћу¹ писаћу	писат ћеш¹ писаћеш	писат ће¹ писаће	писат ћемо¹ писаћемо	писат ћете¹ писаћете	писат ће¹ писаће
Future	Future II	будем писао²	будеш писао²	буде писао²	будемо писали²	будете писали²	буду писали²
Past	Perfect	писао сам²	писао си²	писао je²	писали смо²	писали сте²	писали су²
	Pluperfect³	био сам писао²	био си писао²	био је писао²	били смо писали²	били сте писали²	били су писали²
	Imperfect	писах	писаше	писаше	писасмо	писасте	писаху
Conditional I		писао бих²	писао би²	писао би²	писали бисмо²	писали бисте²	писали би²
Conditional II		био бих писао²	био би писао²	био би писао²	били бисмо писали²	били бисте писали²	били би писали²
Imperative		—	пиши	—	пишимо	пишите	—
Active past participle		писао m / писала f / писало n			писали m / писале f / писала n
Passive past participle		писан m / писана f / писано n			писани m / писане f / писана 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic пьсати (pĭsati), писати (pisati), from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
IPA^(key): [peˈsɑte]

Verb

писа́ти • (pysáty) impf (perfective написа́ти)

(transitive) to write
(transitive) to send written information to, to notify, to text
(transitive) to create text in written form
(transitive, intransitive) to be the author (of a book, article, poem, etc.)
(transitive) to draw (an art piece)
(transitive, dated) to give someone or something a name (in a document)
(transitive, obsolete) to bequeath
(transitive, obsolete) to decorate (with ornament)

Conjugation

Conjugation of писа́ти (pysáty)

Note 1: for declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive	писа́ти pysáty
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	пи́саний pýsanyj
adverbial	пи́шучи pýšučy	писа́вши pysávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular	пишу́ pyšú	бу́ду писа́ти, писа́тиму búdu pysáty, pysátymu
2nd singular	пи́шеш pýšeš	бу́деш писа́ти, писа́тимеш búdeš pysáty, pysátymeš
3rd singular	пи́ше pýše	бу́де писа́ти, писа́тиме búde pysáty, pysátyme
1st plural	пи́шемо, пи́шем pýšemo, pýšem	бу́демо писа́ти, писа́тимемо búdemo pysáty, pysátymemo
2nd plural	пи́шете pýšete	бу́дете писа́ти, писа́тимете búdete pysáty, pysátymete
3rd plural	пи́шуть pýšutʹ	бу́дуть писа́ти, писа́тимуть búdutʹ pysáty, pysátymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
1st person	—	пиші́мо, пиші́м pyšímo, pyším
2nd person	пиши́ pyšý	пиші́ть pyšítʹ
past tense	singular	plural
masculine	писа́в pysáv	писа́ли pysály
feminine	писа́ла pysála
neuter	писа́ло pysálo

Derived terms

ви́лами по воді́ пи́сано (výlamy po vodí pýsano)
власною рукою писати (vlasnoju rukoju pysaty)
пішло писати (pišlo pysaty)
писа́ти кре́нделі нога́ми (pysáty kréndeli nohámy)
писа́ти мислі́те (pysáty myslíte)
писа́ти рядки (pysáty rjadky)
пиши пропало (pyšy propalo)

References

Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (2003), “писати”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume IV, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, page 375
писати in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka

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