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From Proto-Slavic *kazati.

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казати (kazatiimpf

  1. show
  2. teach, instruct
  3. punish
    • from the Story of Ahikar:
      биѥ раби мои и каꙁньми великамии каꙁаше ихь.
      bije rabi moi i kaznĭmi velikamii kazaše ixĭ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  • Андрей Бояджиев, Старобългарска читанка, София, 2016.

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kazati.

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  • IPA(key): /kǎːzati/
  • Hyphenation: ка‧за‧ти

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ка́зати pf (Latin spelling kázati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to say
    Шта је казао јуче?What did he say yesterday?
    • 2007, “Molitva”, Saša Milošević Mare (lyrics), Vladimir Graić (music)‎[1]performed by Marija Šerifović, Connective Records:
      Ал' Богу не могу
      Лагати све док се молим,
      А лажем ако кажем
      Да те не волим
      I can't lie to God while I'm praying,
      But I would be lying if I said I didn't love you
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to speak
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to declare
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to show (e.g. with hands)

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Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic казати (kazati), from Proto-Slavic *kazati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeǵ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈzate]
  • (file)

Verb edit

каза́ти (kazátyimpf (perfective сказа́ти)

  1. (transitive) to say, to tell
  2. (transitive) to command, to order
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to indicate

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