Parts of speech
Nouns |
напій - drink, beverage |
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питво - drink, beverage пиття - (action of) drinking випивка - booze, drinking session, bout (colloquial) |
Adjectives |
питний - drinkable, potable |
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Adverbs |
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Verbs |
пити, випити - to drink (up) |
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напиватися, напитися - to quench one's thirst; to get drunk питки, питоньки - diminutives used when talking to children; indeclinable, infinitive only випивати - (in imperfective only) to like a drink, be fond of the botttle |
Useful compounds |
питна вода - drinking water питний мед - mead |
Additional information
1. 'пити чи не пити - все умреш!' - 'whether you drink or don't, you will die all the same!` (from a cossack drinking song)
2. 'Пийте, люди, горілочку, а ви, гуси, воду!' - 'You, people, drink vodka, and you, geeses, drink water!` (from a folk song)
Related words
п'яний - drunk, inebriated
п'яніти - to become drunk
п'яниця - drunkard
п'янкий - heady, intoxicating