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рити
рити
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *ryti, from Proto-Slavic *rūti. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rū-, *rou-. Related to the vowel ordering of Ukrainian рвати (rváty, “to tear”), from Old East Slavic ръвати (rŭvati, “to tear”), from Proto-Slavic *rŭvati, from Proto-Indo-European *reu-, *rū-, *rŭ-.
Compare Russian рыть (rytʹ), Belarusian рыць, 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”).
Verb
ри́ти • (rýty) ?
- To dig, excavate
- рити колодязь ― rýty kolodjáz’ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)}}
- To root, as a pig.
- To search in
- ритися в архівах ― rytysja v arxivax ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
- рило n (rýl, “a (pig's) snout”)
- рея (reja) (dialectal)
- рий (ryj) (dialectal)
- рийка (ryjka)
- рилець (rylecʹ) (dialectal)
- рило (rylo)
- риль (rylʹ) (dialectal)
- риття (ryttja)
- рияк (ryjak) (dialectal)
- рияток (ryjatok) (dialectal)
- рийковатий (ryjkovatyj) (dialectal)
- рилковатий (rylkovatyj) (dialectal)
- підрийка (pidryjka) (dialectal)
- підрийок (pidryjok) (dialectal)
- поривач (poryvač) (dialectal)
- прорив (proryv) (dialectal)
- проривина (proryvyna) (dialectal)
- прориття (proryttja)
- розрий (rozryj) (dialectal)
- розритий (rozrytyj)
Related terms
Synonyms
- (To dig): копати (kopaty)
Etymology 2
From late Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to carve”). Compare ри́ти (rýty, “to dig”), деревори́т (derevorýt, “woodcut”).
Also compare Old East Slavic рꙑтиꙗ (rytija), Polish ryć (“to carve, engrave”), rytować (“to carve, engrave”), Czech rýt (“to dig, engrave”), rytí (“engraving”), Slovak ryť (“to dig, cut”), rytie (“sculpture”), Upper Sorbian ryć (“to dig, engrave”).
Verb
ри́ти • (rýty) ?
- (dialectal) to engrave
- ритовати (rytovaty) (dialectal)
- ритувати (rytuvaty) (dialectal)
- рит (ryt) (dialectal)
- ритина (rytyna) (dialectal)
- ритівник (rytivnyk) (dialectal)
- ртівня (rtivnja) (dialectal)
- ритівничий (rytivnyčyj) (dialectal)
- ритовина (rytovyna) (dialectal)
- ритовник (rytovnyk) (dialectal)
- ритовництво (rytovnyctvo) (dialectal)
- ритовня (rytovnja) (dialectal)
- ритування (rytuvannja) (dialectal)
Synonyms
- гравірувати (hraviruvaty)
- рисувати (rysuvaty)
References
- Melʹnyčuk O. S., editor (2006), “рити”, in Etymolohičnyj slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume V, Kiev: Naukova Dumka, pages 82—83
- Rudnycʼkyj, Jaroslav B. (1982), “рвати”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language (in Ukrainian), volume II, Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian Language Association, page 942