božati

Slovene

Etymology

A reduction of ubọ̑žati (“to call someone a pitiful man”), from ubọ̑g (“pitiful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːʒati/

Verb

bọ̑žati impf

1. (transitive) to stroke, to caress

   Synonyms: bọ̑žkati, gláditi

2. (transitive, literary) to cause an enjoyable feeling^[→SSKJ]

   Sončni žarki so jo božali po licih. ― Sunrays have been shining on her cheeks.

Conjugation

Class III, accentual type I (accent is not directly before the endings), imperfective:

Infinitive bọ̑žati (a-ti), l-participle bọ̑žał

long infinitive1		bọ̑žati
short infinitive2		bọ̑žat
supine		bọ̑žat
1 Usually only written, except in very formal contexts 2 In spoken formal language, colloquial
l-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bọ̑žał	bọ̑žala	bọ̑žalȍ
dual	bọ̑žalȁ	bọ̑žalȉ	bọ̑žalȉ
plural	bọ̑žalȉ	bọ̑žalȅ	bọ̑žalȁ
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bọ̑žan	bọ̑žana	bọ̑žano
dual	bọ̑žana	bọ̑žani	bọ̑žani
plural	bọ̑žani	bọ̑žane	bọ̑žana
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial š-participle		–
true gerund		bọ̑žanje
objectified gerund		–

Present stem bọ̑žam (a-m)

present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bọ̑žam	bọ̑žava, bọ̑žama	bọ̑žamo
2nd person	bọ̑žaš	bọ̑žata, bọ̑žasta	bọ̑žate, bọ̑žaste
3rd person	bọ̑ža	bọ̑žata, bọ̑žasta	bọ̑žajo
imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bọ̑žaj	bọ̑žajva, bọ̑žajma	bọ̑žajmo
2nd person	bọ̑žaj	bọ̑žajta	bọ̑žajte
3rd person	bọ̑žaj	bọ̑žajta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bọ̑žajọ̄č	bọ̑žajọ́ča	bọ̑žajọ́če
dual	bọ̑žajọ́ča	bọ̑žajọ́či	bọ̑žajọ́či
plural	bọ̑žajọ́či	bọ̑žajọ́če	bọ̑žajọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle		bọ̑žajọ̄č
e-participle		božȃje

Derived terms

• izbọ̑žati
• pobọ̑žati

Further reading

• “božati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “božati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references