витать
/[vʲɪˈtatʲ]/
Russianverb
Definitions
- 1.to hover (to float in the air)
- 2.to soar (to fly aloft with little effort; to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood)
вита́ть в облака́х
vitátʹ v oblakáx — to be head in the clouds
- 3.to dwell, to be present invisibly, to be in the air (of smell, of sensation, etc.)
- 4.obsoleteto dwell, to stay somewhere
- 5.obsoleteto greet
Synonyms & related words
Related words (1)
- вита́ние
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic витати (vitati), from Proto-Slavic *vitati (“to dwell; to welcome”). Primary meanings "to hover, to soar, to linger (in air)" arose due to the verb's common usage in Old Church Slavonic to refer to birds in the trees.
Forms
- вита́тьcanonical • imperfective
- vitátʹromanization
- вита́тьimperfective • infinitive
- вита́ющийactive • participle • present
- вита́вшийactive • participle • past
- -participle • passive • present
- -participle • passive • past
- вита́яadverbial • participle • present
- вита́вadverbial • participle • past
- вита́вшиadverbial • participle • past
- вита́юfirst-person • present • singular
- бу́ду вита́тьfirst-person • future • singular
- вита́ешьpresent • second-person • singular
- бу́дешь вита́тьfuture • second-person • singular
- вита́етpresent • singular • third-person
- бу́дет вита́тьfuture • singular • third-person
- вита́емfirst-person • plural • present
- бу́дем вита́тьfirst-person • future • plural
- вита́етеplural • present • second-person
- бу́дете вита́тьfuture • plural • second-person
- вита́ютplural • present • third-person
- бу́дут вита́тьfuture • plural • third-person
- вита́йimperative • second-person • singular
- вита́йтеimperative • plural • second-person
- вита́лmasculine • past • singular
- вита́лиmasculine • past • plural
- вита́лаfeminine • past • singular
- вита́лиfeminine • past • plural
- вита́лоneuter • past • singular
- вита́лиneuter • past • plural
Conjugation
Infinitive:вита́ть
| I | вита́ю |
| you (sg) | вита́ешь |
| he/she/it | вита́ет |
| we | вита́ем |
| you (pl) | вита́ете |
| they | вита́ют |
I
вита́ю
you (sg)
вита́ешь
he/she/it
вита́ет
we
вита́ем
you (pl)
вита́ете
they
вита́ют
Other Forms
present active:вита́ющий, вита́я
past active:вита́вший, вита́в, вита́вши
present passive:-
past passive:-