питѣти

Old Church Slavonic

питѣти

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pitěti, related to *pitati, from Proto-Indo-European *peyt- (“food, nutrition”).

Verb

питѣти • (pitěti) impf

1. to feed
   • Luke 12:24, from Codex Marianus, 3122400-3122410:

     съмотрите вранъ ѣко не сѣѭтъ ни жьнѭтъ · ꙇмьже нѣстъ съкровишта · ни хранилишта · и б꙯ъ питѣатъ ѭ ·

     Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them.

2. to nourish
   • from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:

     Вьсѣмъ же нищиимъ добра творꙗаше, нагꙑѩ одѣвааше, лачѫщѧѩ питѣаше, страньнꙑѩ приѥмл҄ꙗаше по еванћельскоу гласоу.

     He would perform good deeds among all the poor, clothe the naked, nourish the hungry, take in strangers according to the word of the evangel.

Conjugation

present tense of питѣти (pitěti) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) питѣѭ (pitějǫ) питѣѥши (pitěješi) питѣѥтъ (pitějetŭ) питѣѥвѣ (pitějevě) питѣѥта (pitějeta) питѣѥте (pitějete) питѣѥмъ (pitějemŭ) питѣѥте (pitějete) питѣѭтъ (pitějǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• въспитѣти (vŭspitěti)
• напитѣти (napitěti)
• оупитѣнъ (upitěnŭ)
• оупитѣти (upitěti)
• питѣние (pitěnije)
• прѣпитѣти (prěpitěti)

Related terms

• напитати (napitati)
• питание (pitanije)
• питати (pitati)
• питомъ (pitomŭ)
• пища (pišta)

References

• Miklosich, Franz (1850) Lexicon linguae Slovenicae. Veteris dialecti‎^[1], Vienna
• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[2], София