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рити (riti?

  1. to till

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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *ryti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rūˀ-. Related to the vowel ordering of рва́ти (rváty, to tear), from Old East Slavic ръвати (rŭvati, to tear), from Proto-Slavic *rъvati, from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *h₃rew-.

Compare Russian рыть (rytʹ), Belarusian рыць (rycʹ), Old East Slavic рꙑти (ryti), Polish ryć, Upper Sorbian ryć, Czech rýt, Slovak ryť, Lower Sorbian ryś, Polabian råjě, Bulgarian рия (rija), Macedonian рие (rie), Serbo-Croatian ри̏ти (to root, smell out), Slovene ríti, Old Church Slavonic рꙑти (ryti).

Related to Lithuanian ráuti (to root, dig), rūtis (potato pit, cellar), Sanskrit रवति (rávati, breaks up, fragments), Irish ruam (spade, shovel).

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ри́ти (rýtyimpf

  1. to dig, to excavate
    Synonym: копати (kopaty)
    ри́ти колодя́зьrýty kolodjázʹto dig a well
  2. to root (as a pig)
  3. to search in
    ритися в архівахrytysja v arxivaxto search in the archives, to dig through the archives, to rummage in the archives
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Etymology 2 edit

From late Proto-Slavic *ryti (to carve). Compare ри́ти (rýty, to dig), деревори́т (derevorýt, woodcut).

Also compare Old East Slavic рꙑтиꙗ (rytija), Polish ryć (to carve, engrave), rytować (to carve, engrave), Czech rýt (to dig, engrave), rytí (engraving), Slovak ryť (to dig, cut), rytie (sculpture), Upper Sorbian ryć (to dig, engrave).

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ри́ти (rýtyimpf

  1. (dialectal) to engrave
    Synonyms: гравірувати (hraviruvaty), рисувати (rysuvaty)
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References edit

  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “рити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 82—83
  • Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “рвати”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 942