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рити

/[ˈrɪte]/
Ukrainianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to dig, to excavate
    • ри́ти колодя́зь

      rýty kolodjázʹto dig a well

  2. 2.
    to root (as a pig)
    • свиня́ ри́є

      svynjá rýjea pig is rooting

  3. 3.
    to search in
    • ри́тися в архі́вах

      rýtysja v arxívaxto search in the archives, to dig through the archives, to rummage in the archives

  4. 4.
    dialectalto engrave

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • підрийка
  • підрийок
  • поривач
  • прорив
  • проривина
  • прориття
  • рея
  • рий
  • рийка
  • рийковатий
Related words (10)
  • ри́тва
  • рів
  • рит
  • ритина
  • ритівник
  • ритівничий
  • ритовати
  • ритовина
  • ритовник
  • ритовництво

Etymology

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”).

Forms

  • ри́тиcanonical • imperfective
  • rýtyromanization
  • ри́тиimperfective • infinitive
  • ритьimperfective • infinitive
  • -active • imperfective • present
  • -active • imperfective • past
  • -imperfective • passive • present
  • ри́тийimperfective • passive • past
  • impersonal: ри́тоimperfective • passive • past
  • ри́ючиadverbial • imperfective • present
  • ри́вшиadverbial • imperfective • past
  • ри́юfirst-person • imperfective • present • singular
  • бу́ду ри́тиfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
  • бу́ду ри́тьfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
  • ри́тимуfirst-person • future • imperfective • singular
  • ри́єшimperfective • present • second-person • singular
  • бу́деш ри́тиfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
  • бу́деш ри́тьfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
  • ри́тимешfuture • imperfective • second-person • singular
  • ри́єimperfective • present • singular • third-person
  • бу́де ри́тиfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
  • бу́де ри́тьfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
  • ри́тимеfuture • imperfective • singular • third-person
  • ри́ємfirst-person • imperfective • plural • present
  • ри́ємоfirst-person • imperfective • plural • present
  • бу́демо ри́тиfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • бу́демо ри́тьfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • ри́тимемоfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • ри́тимемfirst-person • future • imperfective • plural
  • ри́єтеimperfective • plural • present • second-person
  • бу́дете ри́тиfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
  • бу́дете ри́тьfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
  • ри́тиметеfuture • imperfective • plural • second-person
  • ри́ютьimperfective • plural • present • third-person
  • бу́дуть ри́тиfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
  • бу́дуть ри́тьfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
  • ри́тимутьfuture • imperfective • plural • third-person
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • ри́ймоfirst-person • imperative • plural
  • рийimperative • second-person • singular
  • ри́йтеimperative • plural • second-person
  • ривmasculine • past • singular
  • ри́лиmasculine • past • plural
  • ри́лаfeminine • past • singular
  • ри́лиfeminine • past • plural
  • ри́лоneuter • past • singular
  • ри́лиneuter • past • plural

Conjugation

Infinitive:ри́ти, рить
I
ри́ю
you (sg)
ри́єш
he/she/it
ри́є
we
ри́єм, ри́ємо
you (pl)
ри́єте
they
ри́ють

Other Forms

gerund:ри́ючи, ри́вши

Full conjugation of рити

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