klečati

See also: klecati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klęčati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klěːt͡ʃati/

Verb

kléčati impf (Cyrillic spelling кле́чати)

1. (intransitive) to kneel

Conjugation

Conjugation of klečati

Infinitive: klečati		Present verbal adverb: kléčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kléčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		klečim	klečiš	kleči	klečimo	klečite	kleče
Future	Future I	klečat ću1 klečaću	klečat ćeš1 klečaćeš	klečat će1 klečaće	klečat ćemo1 klečaćemo	klečat ćete1 klečaćete	klečat će1 klečaće
	Future II	bȕdēm klečao2	bȕdēš klečao2	bȕdē klečao2	bȕdēmo klečali2	bȕdēte klečali2	bȕdū klečali2
Past	Perfect	klečao sam2	klečao si2	klečao je2	klečali smo2	klečali ste2	klečali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam klečao2	bȉo si klečao2	bȉo je klečao2	bíli smo klečali2	bíli ste klečali2	bíli su klečali2
	Imperfect	klečah	klečaše	klečaše	klečasmo	klečaste	klečahu
Conditional I		klečao bih2	klečao bi2	klečao bi2	klečali bismo2	klečali biste2	klečali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih klečao2	bȉo bi klečao2	bȉo bi klečao2	bíli bismo klečali2	bíli biste klečali2	bíli bi klečali2
Imperative		—	kleči	—	klečimo	klečite	—
Active past participle		klečao m / klečala f / klečalo n			klečali m / klečale f / klečala 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

• klȅknuti pf
• klȅcati impf
• koljeno

Further reading

• “klečati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klęčati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛt͡ʃàːti/
• Hyphenation: kle‧čá‧ti

Verb

klečáti impf

1. (intransitive) to kneel (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Inflection

-ati -im
infinitive	klečáti
1st singular	klečím
infinitive	klečáti			klẹ́čat, kléčat
supine	klẹ́čat, kléčat
verbal noun	klečȃnje
	participle			converb
present	klečȅč			klečẹ̄
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	kléčał, klẹ́čał		klečȃla		klečálo
dual	klečála		klečáli		klečáli
plural	klečáli		klečále		klečála
	present			imperative
1st singular	klečím			—
2nd singular	klečíš			kléči, klẹ́či
3rd singular	klečí			—
1st dual	klečíva			klečȋva
2nd dual	klečíta			klečȋta
3rd dual	klečíta			—
1st plural	klečímo			klečȋmo
2nd plural	klečíte			klečȋte
3rd plural	klečíjo			—

Further reading

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