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to ask (a question)

Source:*pytatiProto-Slaviccertain

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to ask (a question)

Polish

pytać
ˈpɨtatɕ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    спра́шиватьsprašivatʹ
    ˈspraʂɨvətʲdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *prositi 'to request'

    Russian пыта́ть, the cognate, means 'to torture' or 'to try'.

  • Ukrainian
    пита́тиpytaty
    pɪˈtatɪinherited
  • Polish
    pytać
    ˈpɨtatɕinherited
  • Czech
    ptát se
    ˈptaːt sɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    pitatiпитати
    ˈpitatiinherited
  • English
    to ask (a question)

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian пыта́ть “to torture; (colloquially) to question insistently”Ukrainian пита́ти “to ask”Polish pytać “to ask”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian pitati “to ask”

    Russian 'ask' is спра́шивать; 'torture' is Ukrainian катува́ти, Polish torturować, BCS mučiti.