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L Eo Conj Peti Zamenhof Mw Parser Output Ne Th,.Mw Parser Output Null

Peti is an Esperanto verb meaning to ask for, request, or beg. It has roots in Polish and Latin.

Peti estas Esperanta verbo kiu signifas demandi, peti, aŭ ekplendi. Ĝi havas radikojn en la pola kaj latina lingvoj.

Frequency Rank of Word 253
Word peti
Meanings
    to
    ask
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ask
    for,
    request
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/request
    ,
    beg
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beg
    ,
    bid
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bid

    1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "":
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
pytać
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pyta%C4%87#Polish
 (“to ask”),
Latin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin
petō
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peto#Latin
 +
-i
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-i#Esperanto
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )    : /ˈpeti/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ti
  • Rhymes:
    -eti
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/eti
  • Audio:
    		(
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-peti.ogg
    )

Verb

peti (present

petas
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/petas#Esperanto
, past
petis
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/petis#Esperanto
, future
petos
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/petos#Esperanto
, conditional
petus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/petus#Esperanto
, volitive
petu
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/petu#Esperanto
)

  1. to
    ask
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ask
    for,
    request
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/request
    ,
    beg
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beg
    ,
    bid
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bid
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "
      Proverbaro Esperanta
      https://eo.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zamenhofa_proverbaro
      ":
      Kiu ne petas, tiu ne ricevas.
      One who doesn't ask doesn't receive.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • almozpeti
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/almozpeti#Esperanto
     (“to beg”)
  • informpeti
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/informpeti#Esperanto
     (“to query, ask for information”)
  • pardonpeti
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pardonpeti#Esperanto
     (“to ask for apologies”)

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