Nominal Forms
Infinitiv:
a prii
Infinitiv compus:
a fi priit
Gerunziu:
priind
Participiu:
priit
Cognates
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Long Infinitive
Imperative
Verbs similar to 'prii'
primi,
pripi,
privi,
croi,
grăi,
opri,
orbi,
păli,
paria,
păşi,
Translations
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic приꙗти (prijati), from Proto-Slavic *prijati. Compare Serbo-Croatian prijati. See: Proto-Slavic '
*prijati', Serbo-Croatian '
prijati'.
Additional Information
Sample Sentences
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Ꙟ҆нсъ прекꙋ́м че́й мо́рцй неми́ка нꙋ май мѫнѫ́нкъ, шѝ прекꙋ́м мѫнкъ́рнле, ка́ре че́лѡр ᲃънъто́шй ле прїе́ск, че́лѡр бо́лнавй ле ᲃтри́къ,[…] (But just as the dead do not eat anything anymore, and just as the foods which are beneficial to the healthy harm the sick, […]) [1814, Vasile Coloși, transl., Cathechismul cel mic istoricesc […] , Buda, translation of Catechisme Historique, contenant en abregé l’histoire sainte et la doctrine Cretienne by Claude Fleury, page 177:]
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― Știu mai bine ce-ți priește
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Las’ de-a lumei ori ce gănd
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Măni in zori de zi pleca-vom
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Cătră schitul vechiu și sfănt. (“I know better what’s good for you;
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Leave any wordly thought behind,
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Tomorrow at the break of dawn we shall set off
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For the old and holy hermitage.”) [1875 February, Mihai Eminescu, “Făt-Frumos din tei [Prince Charming of the linden tree]”, in Iacob Negruzzi, editor, Convorbiri Literare, year 8, number 11, Iași, page 443:]
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După experiențele sovietice, Lubițul crește bine și pe soluri sărate, unde cerealelor nu le priește. (According to Soviet experiments, Camelina sativa grows well even on saline soils, where grain does not thrive.) [1955, Traian Săvulescu et al., editors, Flora Republicii Populare Romîne [Flora of the Romanian People’s Republic], volume 3, page 385:]
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Mă duc imediat la culcare. Nu-mi priește frigul. (I’m going to bed at once. The cold does me no good.) [2014, Mihaela Ghiță, transl., Portretul artistului ca tânăr câine, Bucharest: Polirom, translation of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by Dylan Thomas, →ISBN, page 111:]
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Lasă să-ți priască biftecul. (Let yourself enjoy the beefsteak.) [1972, Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu, Spionaj la mănăstire [Spying at the abbey], Bucharest: Editura Militară, page 177:]
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[…]trebuie sa-i spunem ca tinerilor le prieste mai tare un joc la calculator decat plimbarea cu un cal. ([…] we need to tell him that young people get more enjoyment out of a computer game than from taking a ride with a horse.) [1996 September 26, Pitigoi, “...Si baba se piaptana!”, in soc.culture.romanian (Usenet):]
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Hai s-o lăsăm, dar fie să nu-i priască seara. (Let’s let her be, but may she not enjoy the evening.) [2005, Fraga Cusin, transl., Doamna și licornul, Bucharest: Polirom, translation of The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier, →ISBN, page 82:]
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Trebuia un mesaj de unitate la sfârșit de an ca să ne priască de sărbători. (There had to be a message of unity for the year’s end so that we may enjoy ourselves near the holidays.) [2005 December 20, Stelian Tănase, “Chermeza [The shindig]”, in Gazeta de Sud, number 3298, Craiova, page 1:]
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є҆є҆ᲂу̏мишелᲂусе̏шимᲇсерꙋ,дн҃ᲂѵⷧ҇преѧ҆щеми. (But I am poor and needy; show me favour, Lord. (Psalm 39:18)) [c. 1500, Schei Psalter]
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Аре датори́е фи́еще ка́реле ве́ри кꙋ чѐ ми́жлок꙽ а҆р пꙋтѣ̀ съ фа́къ фоло́сь па́трией лꙋ́й, пеньтрꙋ къ́чи ѧ҆̀ ꙟ҆ль прие́ще ши́ль хръне́ще ѧ҆́ ꙟ҆л꙽ чинстѣ́ще шиль пъꙁѣ́ще. (Every one has the duty to be of help to his motherland by any means he can, for it is she that is good to him and feeds him, she gives him honour and protects him.) [1743, Duca Sotiriovici (publisher), Psaltirion a prorocului și împăratului David [Psaltery of the prophet and emperor David], Iași, preface, unnumbered page:]
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Sunt politicieni la Chișinău priiți de Moscova, ei primesc, cu siguranță, la plecare de pe Șeremetevo o listă, to-do list[…] (There are in Chișinău politicians favoured by Moscow, they receive, without a doubt, upon departure from Sheremetyevo a list, a “to-do list” […]) [2016 May 26, Armand Goșu, quotee, Radio Free Europe Moldova:]
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Тꙋтꙋро́рь правосла́вничилорь крещи́ни,ка́рїи съ́нть нъскꙋ́ци ꙟ҆трꙋли́мба но́астръ рꙋмънѣ́скъ сънъта́те спⷭ҇нїе,ро́агѫ ши прїѧще кꙋ то́атѫ и҆́нема:⁓ (To all the Orthodox Christians which are born into our Romanian people he wishes and prays for health and repentance with all his heart.) [1678, Varlaam, Cheia înțelesului [The key of understanding], Bucharest, preface, unnumbered page:]