# писати
## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* пьсати (pĭsati)
* псати (psati)
* ѱати (psati)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsati.

### Verb

писати • (pisati) impf
* to write

#### Conjugation

present tense of писати (pisati) :
| singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural |
| азъ (azŭ) | азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | ва (va) | та (ta) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | ти (ti) |
| пишѫ (pišǫ) | пишѫ (pišǫ) | пишеши (pišeši) | пишеши (pišeši) | пишетъ (pišetŭ) | пишетъ (pišetŭ) | пишевѣ (piševě) | пишевѣ (piševě) | пишета (pišeta) | пишета (pišeta) | пишете (pišete) | пишете (pišete) | пишемъ (pišemŭ) | пишемъ (pišemŭ) | пишете (pišete) | пишете (pišete) | пишѫтъ (pišǫtŭ) | пишѫтъ (pišǫtŭ) |

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati. Cognate with Slovene pisati, Macedonian пишува (pišuva), Bulgarian пиша (piša), Polish pisać, Russian писать (pisatʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǐːsati/
* Hyphenation: пи‧са‧ти

### Verb

пи́сати impf (Latin spelling písati)
* (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)
    Новине пишу нешто сасвим друго.The newspapers say something entirely different.
* (impersonal) to say, to state, to read (to be stated in a written form)
    На њиховој wеб страници пише да је уређај састављен од врхунских компонената.Their website says that the device is built of top-tier quality components.
    На етикети јасно пише за што је уређај намијењен.The label clearly states what the device is designed for.

#### Derived terms

* допи́сати
* запи́сати
* испи́сати
* надопи́сати
* напи́сати
* опи́сати
* отпи́сати
* попи́сати
* потпи́сати
* препи́сати
* припи́сати
* пропи́сати
* распи́сати
* упи́сати

### Further reading

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

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old East Slavic пьсати (pĭsati), писати (pisati), from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, *pisati.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [peˈsate]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

писа́ти • (pysáty) impf (perfective написа́ти)
* (transitive) to write
* (transitive) to send written information to, to notify, to text
* (transitive) to create text in written form
* (transitive, intransitive) to be the author (of a book, article, poem, etc.)
* (transitive) to draw (an art piece)
* (transitive, dated sense) to give someone or something a name (in a document)
* (transitive, obsolete) to bequeath
* (transitive, obsolete) to decorate (with ornament)

#### Derived terms

* ви́лами по воді́ пи́сано (výlamy po vodí pýsano)
* власною рукою писати (vlasnoju rukoju pysaty)
* пи́санка (pýsanka)
* писа́ти кре́нделі нога́ми (pysáty kréndeli nohámy)
* писа́ти мислі́те (pysáty myslíte)
* писа́ти рядки (pysáty rjadky)
* пиши пропало (pyšy propalo)
* пішло писати (pišlo pysaty)
* відпи́сувати impf (vidpýsuvaty), відписа́ти pf (vidpysáty)
* запи́сувати impf (zapýsuvaty), записа́ти pf (zapysáty)
* опи́сувати impf (opýsuvaty), описа́ти pf (opysáty)
* перепи́сувати impf (perepýsuvaty), переписа́ти pf (perepysáty)
* підпи́сувати impf (pidpýsuvaty), підписа́ти pf (pidpysáty)
* припи́сувати impf (prypýsuvaty), приписа́ти pf (prypysáty)

### References

* Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “писати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “писати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “писати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “писати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)