prositi

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈprosici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈprosici/

Verb

prositi impf

1. to ask for

   prositi ženy za sě

   to court/woo a woman / to make a proposal to her

2. to beg

Conjugation

Conjugation of prositi (class IV)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
prositi	prosit	prošenie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	prošu	prosívě (-va)	prosím (-me/-my)	–	prosvě, prosivě (-va)	prosme, prosim (-me/-my)
2nd person	prosíš	prosíta	prosíte	pros, prosi	prosta, prosita	proste, prosite
3rd person	prosí	prosíta	prosie	pros, prosi	prosta, prosita	proste, prosite

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	prosich	prosichově (-va)	prosichom (-me/-my)	prosiech	prosiechově (-va)	prosiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	prosi	prosista (-šta)	prosiste (-šte)	prosieše	prosiešta (-sta)	prosiešte (-ste)
3rd person	prosi	prosista (-šta)	prosichu	prosieše	prosiešta (-sta)	prosiechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	prosil	prosila	prosili	prošen	prošena	prošeni
Feminine	prosila	prosile	prosily	prošena	prošeně	prošeny
Neuter	prosilo	prosile	prosila	prošeno	prošeně	prošena

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	prosě	prosiece		prosiv	prosivše
Feminine	prosieci			prosivši
Neuter	prosě, prosieci			prosiv, prosivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of prositi around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• oprositi
• poprositi
• prosba
• prosívati
• uprositi
• vyprositi

Descendants

• Czech: prosit

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “prositi”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒsiti/
• Hyphenation: pro‧si‧ti

Verb

pròsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling про̀сити)

1. (ambitransitive) to beg, ask alms (usually money)
2. (transitive) to woo, propose (girl)
3. (Croatia, regional) to ask

Conjugation

Conjugation of prositi

infinitive		prositi
present verbal adverb		pròsēći
past verbal adverb		prosivši
verbal noun		prȍšēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		prosim	prosiš	prosi	prosimo	prosite	prose
future	future I	prosit ću1 prosiću	prosit ćeš1 prosićeš	prosit će1 prosiće	prosit ćemo1 prosićemo	prosit ćete1 prosićete	prosit ćē1 prosiće
	future II	bȕdēm prosio2	bȕdēš prosio2	bȕdē prosio2	bȕdēmo prosili2	bȕdēte prosili2	bȕdū prosili2
past	perfect	prosio sam2	prosio si2	prosio je2	prosili smo2	prosili ste2	prosili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam prosio2	bȉo si prosio2	bȉo je prosio2	bíli smo prosili2	bíli ste prosili2	bíli su prosili2
	imperfect	prošah	prošaše	prošaše	prošasmo	prošaste	prošahu
conditional	conditional I	prosio bih2	prosio bi2	prosio bi2	prosili bismo2	prosili biste2	prosili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih prosio2	bȉo bi prosio2	bȉo bi prosio2	bíli bismo prosili2	bíli biste prosili2	bíli bi prosili2
imperative		—	prosi	—	prosimo	prosite	—
active past participle		prosio m / prosila f / prosilo n			prosili m / prosile f / prosila n
passive past participle		prošen m / prošena f / prošeno n			prošeni m / prošene f / prošena n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• ispròsiti
• zapròsiti

Further reading

• “prositi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔsìːti/, /prɔsíːti/

Verb

prosīti impf

1. to ask, to make a request

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive	prosīti
1st singular	prọ́sim
infinitive	prosīti			prósit
supine	prósit
verbal noun	prọ́šenje
	participle			converb
present	prosȅč			—
past	prọ́šen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	prósił		prosȋla		prosílo
dual	prosíla		prosíli		prosíli
plural	prosíli		prosíle		prosíla
	present			imperative
1st singular	prọ́sim			—
2nd singular	prọ́siš			prósi
3rd singular	prọ́si			—
1st dual	prọ́siva			prosȋva
2nd dual	prọ́sita			prosȋta
3rd dual	prọ́sita			—
1st plural	prọ́simo			prosȋmo
2nd plural	prọ́site			prosȋte
3rd plural	prọ́sijo			—

Derived terms

• izprosīti
• naprosīti
• poprosīti
• preprosīti
• priprosīti
• zaprosīti

Further reading

• “prositi”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “prositi”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references