пита

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

пита с ябълки, орехи и стафиди

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), of unclear further origin. Doublet of пи́ца (píca) (Italian borrowing).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpitɐ]

Noun

пи́та • (píta) f (diminutive пи́тка)

1. round loaf, cake, pie
2. (by similarity) honeycomb

Declension

Declension of пи́та

	singular	plural
indefinite	пи́та píta	пи́ти píti
definite	пи́тата pítata	пи́тите pítite

See also

• пи́ща (píšta, “rich food, nutriment”) (possible native cognate)

References

• “пита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пита”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• пи́та: IPA^(key): [ˈpitɐ]
• пита́: IPA^(key): [piˈta]

Verb

пи́та • (píta)

1. third-person singular present indicative of пи́там (pítam)

Verb

пи́та or пита́ • (píta or pitá)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of пи́там (pítam)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of пи́там (pítam)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpitɐ]

Participle

пи́та • (píta)

1. indefinite feminine singular past passive participle of пи́я (píja)

Macedonian

пита

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpita]
• Hyphenation: пи‧та

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”).

Noun

пита • (pita) f (plural пити, diminutive питичка)

1. pie, tart

Declension

Declension of пита

	singular	plural
indefinite	пита	пити
definite unspecified	питата	питите
definite proximal	питава	питиве
definite distal	питана	питине
vocative	пито	пити

Related terms

• пите n (pite), колпите n (kolpite)

See also

• зелник m (zelnik)
• комат m (komat)
• бурек m (burek)
• баничка f (banička)
• пица f (pica)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pytati (“to ask, examine”).

Verb

пита • (pita) third-singular present, impf

1. (intransitive) to beg
2. (transitive) to propose
3. (transitive, dialectal) to ask

Conjugation

Conjugation of пита (imperfective, present in -а)

l-participles	imperfect	aorist	non-finite forms
masculine	питал	—	adjectival participle	питан
feminine	питала	—	adverbial participle	питајќи
neuter	питало	—	verbal noun	питање
plural	питале	—	perfect participle	питано
	present	imperfect	aorist	imperative
1st singular	питам	питав	—	—
2nd singular	питаш	питаше	—	питај
3rd singular	пита	питаше	—	—
1st plural	питаме	питавме	—	—
2nd plural	питате	питавте	—	питајте
3rd plural	питаат	питаа	—	—
Compound tenses
perfect	сум питал		present of сум (except in the 3rd person) + imperfect l-participle
има-perfect	имам питано		present of има + perfect participle
pluperfect	бев питал		imperfect of сум + imperfect l-participle
има-pluperfect	имав питано		imperfect of има + perfect participle
има-perfect reported	сум имал питано		perfect of има + perfect participle
future	ќе питам		ќе + present
има-future	ќе имам питано		future of има + perfect participle
future in the past	ќе питав		ќе + imperfect
има-future in the past	ќе имав питано		future in the past of има + perfect participle
future reported	ќе сум питал		ќе + imperfect l-participle
има-future reported	ќе сум имал питано		future reported of има + perfect participle
conditional	би питал		би + imperfect l-participle
има-conditional	би имал питано		conditional of има + perfect participle

Serbo-Croatian

пита

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”).

Noun

пи̏та f (Latin spelling pȉta)

1. pie
2. (Bosnia, Serbia) strudel

Declension

Declension of пита

	singular	plural
nominative	пита	пите
genitive	пите	пита
dative	пити	питама
accusative	питу	пите
vocative	пито	пите
locative	пити	питама
instrumental	питом	питама