kapati

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Borrowed from English cup of tea.

Noun

kapati

1. tea

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâpati/
• Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧ti

Verb

kȁpati impf (Cyrillic spelling ка̏пати)

1. (intransitive) to drip, leak, run

   Synonym: curiti

2. (intransitive) to drizzle, shower

Conjugation

Conjugation of kapati

Infinitive: kapati		Present verbal adverb: kȁpljūći / kȁpajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kȁpānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kapam / kapljem	kapaš / kaplješ	kapa / kaplje	kapamo / kapljemo	kapate / kapljete	kapaju / kaplju
Future	Future I	kapat ću1 kapaću	kapat ćeš1 kapaćeš	kapat će1 kapaće	kapat ćemo1 kapaćemo	kapat ćete1 kapaćete	kapat će1 kapaće
	Future II	bȕdēm kapao2	bȕdēš kapao2	bȕdē kapao2	bȕdēmo kapali2	bȕdēte kapali2	bȕdū kapali2
Past	Perfect	kapao sam2	kapao si2	kapao je2	kapali smo2	kapali ste2	kapali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kapao2	bȉo si kapao2	bȉo je kapao2	bíli smo kapali2	bíli ste kapali2	bíli su kapali2
	Imperfect	kapah	kapaše	kapaše	kapasmo	kapaste	kapahu
Conditional I		kapao bih2	kapao bi2	kapao bi2	kapali bismo2	kapali biste2	kapali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kapao2	bȉo bi kapao2	bȉo bi kapao2	bíli bismo kapali2	bíli biste kapali2	bíli bi kapali2
Imperative		—	kapaj / kaplji	—	kapajmo / kapljimo	kapajte / kapljite	—
Active past participle		kapao m / kapala f / kapalo n			kapali m / kapale f / kapala 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.

Related terms

• kȁpnuti pf

Further reading

• “kapati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kapati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàːpati/

Verb

kápati impf

1. to drip
2. to trickle

Inflection

-ati -am (AP a)
infinitive	kápati
1st singular	kȃpam
infinitive	kápati			kápat
supine	kápat
verbal noun	kāpanje
	participle			converb
present	kapajọ̄č			kapȃje
past	kȃpan			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	kápał		kāpala		kápalo
dual	kápala		kápali		kápali
plural	kápali		kápale		kápala
	present			imperative
1st singular	kȃpam			—
2nd singular	kȃpaš			kápaj
3rd singular	kȃpa			—
1st dual	kȃpava			kápajva
2nd dual	kȃpata			kápajta
3rd dual	kȃpata			—
1st plural	kȃpamo			kápajmo
2nd plural	kȃpate			kápajte
3rd plural	kȃpajo			—

-Cati -Cjem (AP a)
infinitive	kápati
1st singular	kȃpljem
infinitive	kápati			kápat
supine	kápat
verbal noun	kāpanje
	participle			converb
present	kapljọ̄č			kapȃje
past	kȃpan			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	kápał		kāpala		kápalo
dual	kápala		kápali		kápali
plural	kápali		kápale		kápala
	present			imperative
1st singular	kȃpljem			—
2nd singular	kȃplješ			káplji
3rd singular	kȃplje			—
1st dual	kȃpljeva			kápljiva
2nd dual	kȃpljeta			kápljita
3rd dual	kȃpljeta			—
1st plural	kȃpljemo			kápljimo
2nd plural	kȃpljete			kápljite
3rd plural	kȃpljejo			—

Further reading

• “kapati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025