jecati

See also: ječati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęcati or *(j)ękati.

Verb

jȅcati impf (Cyrillic spelling је̏цати)

1. (intransitive) to sob

Conjugation

Conjugation of jecati

Infinitive: jecati		Present verbal adverb: jȅcajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: jȅcānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		jecam	jecaš	jeca	jecamo	jecate	jecaju
Future	Future I	jecat ću1 jecaću	jecat ćeš1 jecaćeš	jecat će1 jecaće	jecat ćemo1 jecaćemo	jecat ćete1 jecaćete	jecat će1 jecaće
	Future II	bȕdēm jecao2	bȕdēš jecao2	bȕdē jecao2	bȕdēmo jecali2	bȕdēte jecali2	bȕdū jecali2
Past	Perfect	jecao sam2	jecao si2	jecao je2	jecali smo2	jecali ste2	jecali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam jecao2	bȉo si jecao2	bȉo je jecao2	bíli smo jecali2	bíli ste jecali2	bíli su jecali2
	Imperfect	jecah	jecaše	jecaše	jecasmo	jecaste	jecahu
Conditional I		jecao bih2	jecao bi2	jecao bi2	jecali bismo2	jecali biste2	jecali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih jecao2	bȉo bi jecao2	bȉo bi jecao2	bíli bismo jecali2	bíli biste jecali2	bíli bi jecali2
Imperative		—	jecaj	—	jecajmo	jecajte	—
Active past participle		jecao m / jecala f / jecalo n			jecali m / jecale f / jecala 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

• zàjecati pf

Related terms

• jȅckati impf