pȳtàti

pȳtàti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `ask, examine'

Old Church Slavic:

pytati `examine, scrutinize' [verb], pytajǫ [1sg]

Russian:

pytát' `torture, torment, try for' [verb], pytáju [1sg]

Czech:

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Slovak:

pýtat' `ask' [verb]

Polish:

pytać `ask' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

pítati `ask' [verb];

Čak. pītȁti (Vrgada) `ask' [verb], pĩtå̄š [2sg];

Čak. pītȁt (Orbanići) `ask, request' [verb], pĩtan [1sg]

Slovene:

pítati `ask' [verb], pȋtam [1sg]

Bulgarian:

pítam `ask' [verb]

Other cognates:

putāre `cut off branches, estimate, consider, think' [verb]

Notes:

\{1\} An interesting form is Cz. ptáti se `ask, inquire', which seems to have a unique zero grade.