спеть

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [spʲetʲ]

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic спѣти (spěti), from Proto-Slavic *spěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *spḗˀtei from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁-, whence English spare. Akin to Slovene speti, Slovak dospieť, Czech spět. Non-Slavic cognates include Ossetian ӕфсад (æfsad) and Latin spes.

Verb

спеть • (spetʹimpf (perfective поспе́ть)

  1. to ripen
    Synonym: зреть (zretʹ)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

с- (s-) +‎ петь (petʹ)

Verb

спеть • (spetʹpf (imperfective петь)

  1. to sing
  2. to crow
Conjugation

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “спеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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