простити

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prostiti.

Verb

простити • (prostiti) pf

1. to forgive
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2325-2329:

     ли ти въспомѧнетъ мъножьство грѣхъ сътворенꙑихъ тобоѭ из млада, глаголѧ мъного ѥси съгрѣшилъ и не можеши прощенъ бꙑти, то не послоушаи того

     li ti vŭspomęnetŭ mŭnožĭstvo grěxŭ sŭtvorenyixŭ tobojǫ iz mlada, glagolę mŭnogo jesi sŭgrěšilŭ i ne možeši proštenŭ byti, to ne poslušai togo

     If you remember the many sins you have committed from your youth, saying that you have sinned many times and cannot be forgiven, then do not listen to him.

2. to release

Conjugation

present tense of простити (prostiti) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) прощѫ (proštǫ) простиши (prostiši) проститъ (prostitŭ) простивѣ (prostivě) простита (prostita) простите (prostite) простимъ (prostimŭ) простите (prostite) прощѫтъ (proštǫtŭ)

Related terms

• пращати (praštati)
• прощение (proštenie)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic простити (prostiti), from Proto-Slavic *prostiti. Compare Russian прости́ть (prostítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prɔˈstɪte]

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Verb

прости́ти • (prostýty) pf (imperfective проща́ти)

1. to forgive, to pardon, to excuse

   Synonyms: проба́чити pf (probáčyty), ви́бачити pf (výbačyty)

2. to condone
3. to absolve

Conjugation

Conjugation of прости́ти, прости́ть (class 4b, perfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	прости́ти, прости́ть prostýty, prostýtʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	про́щений próščenyj impersonal: про́щено próščeno
adverbial	—	прости́вши prostývšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	прощу́ proščú
2nd singular ти	—	прости́ш prostýš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	прости́ть prostýtʹ
1st plural ми	—	прости́м, простимо́ prostým, prostymó
2nd plural ви	—	простите́ prostyté
3rd plural вони	—	простя́ть prostjátʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	прості́м, прості́мо prostím, prostímo
second-person	прости́ prostý	прості́ть prostítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	прости́в prostýv	прости́ли prostýly
feminine я / ти / вона	прости́ла prostýla
neuter воно	прости́ло prostýlo

Derived terms

• прости́тися pf (prostýtysja)
• про́щений (próščenyj)
• проще́ння n (proščénnja)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “простити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “простити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “простити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “простити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)