slaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slaviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâʋiti/
• Hyphenation: sla‧vi‧ti

Verb

slȁviti impf (Cyrillic spelling сла̏вити)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to celebrate, glorify

Conjugation

Conjugation of slaviti

Infinitive: slaviti		Present verbal adverb: slȁvēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: slȁvljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		slavim	slaviš	slavi	slavimo	slavite	slave
Future	Future I	slavit ću1 slaviću	slavit ćeš1 slavićeš	slavit će1 slaviće	slavit ćemo1 slavićemo	slavit ćete1 slavićete	slavit će1 slaviće
	Future II	bȕdēm slavio2	bȕdēš slavio2	bȕdē slavio2	bȕdēmo slavili2	bȕdēte slavili2	bȕdū slavili2
Past	Perfect	slavio sam2	slavio si2	slavio je2	slavili smo2	slavili ste2	slavili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam slavio2	bȉo si slavio2	bȉo je slavio2	bíli smo slavili2	bíli ste slavili2	bíli su slavili2
	Imperfect	slavljah	slavljaše	slavljaše	slavljasmo	slavljaste	slavljahu
Conditional I		slavio bih2	slavio bi2	slavio bi2	slavili bismo2	slavili biste2	slavili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih slavio2	bȉo bi slavio2	bȉo bi slavio2	bíli bismo slavili2	bíli biste slavili2	bíli bi slavili2
Imperative		—	slavi	—	slavimo	slavite	—
Active past participle		slavio m / slavila f / slavilo n			slavili m / slavile f / slavila n
Passive past participle		slavljen m / slavljena f / slavljeno n			slavljeni m / slavljene f / slavljena n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• pròslaviti pf

Further reading

• “slaviti” in Hrvatski jezični portal