pisati

Serbo-Croatian

/pǐːsati/

verb
Definitions
  • (ambitransitive) to write to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
  • (transitive) to write to compose a text for written or printed reproduction or publication
  • (intransitive) to write to engage in written conversation
  • (intransitive) to write to be an author
  • (transitive) to write, to take to fill in a written exam
  • to say, to state to indicate in a written form
  • (impersonal) to say, to state, to read to be stated in a written form

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsati derived from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (paint, color, spot, mark, draw, adorn, colour, form, draw write, hostile).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peyḱ-

Gloss

paint, color, spot, mark, draw, adorn, colour, form, draw write, hostile

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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