kositi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See kòsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒːsiti/
• Hyphenation: ko‧si‧ti

Verb

kósiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко́сити)

1. (transitive) to mow, reap
2. (transitive, figuratively) to mow down, kill (of wind, war, disease, death)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kositi

Infinitive: kositi		Present verbal adverb: kóseći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kóšēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kosim	kosiš	kosi	kosimo	kosite	kose
Future	Future I	kosit ću1 kosiću	kosit ćeš1 kosićeš	kosit će1 kosiće	kosit ćemo1 kosićemo	kosit ćete1 kosićete	kosit će1 kosiće
	Future II	bȕdēm kosio2	bȕdēš kosio2	bȕdē kosio2	bȕdēmo kosili2	bȕdēte kosili2	bȕdū kosili2
Past	Perfect	kosio sam2	kosio si2	kosio je2	kosili smo2	kosili ste2	kosili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kosio2	bȉo si kosio2	bȉo je kosio2	bíli smo kosili2	bíli ste kosili2	bíli su kosili2
	Imperfect	košah	košaše	košaše	košasmo	košaste	košahu
Conditional I		kosio bih2	kosio bi2	kosio bi2	kosili bismo2	kosili biste2	kosili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kosio2	bȉo bi kosio2	bȉo bi kosio2	bíli bismo kosili2	bíli biste kosili2	bíli bi kosili2
Imperative		—	kosi	—	kosimo	kosite	—
Active past participle		kosio m / kosila f / kosilo n			kosili m / kosile f / kosila 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

• nakòsiti
• pokòsiti
• prokòsiti

Etymology 2

See kȏs (“slanted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒːsiti/
• Hyphenation: ko‧si‧ti

Verb

kósiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко́сити)

1. (reflexive) to collide, crash (of principles, interests, statements, ideas etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kositi

Infinitive: kositi		Present verbal adverb: kóseći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kóšēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kosim	kosiš	kosi	kosimo	kosite	kose
Future	Future I	kosit ću1 kosiću	kosit ćeš1 kosićeš	kosit će1 kosiće	kosit ćemo1 kosićemo	kosit ćete1 kosićete	kosit će1 kosiće
	Future II	bȕdēm kosio2	bȕdēš kosio2	bȕdē kosio2	bȕdēmo kosili2	bȕdēte kosili2	bȕdū kosili2
Past	Perfect	kosio sam2	kosio si2	kosio je2	kosili smo2	kosili ste2	kosili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kosio2	bȉo si kosio2	bȉo je kosio2	bíli smo kosili2	bíli ste kosili2	bíli su kosili2
	Imperfect	košah	košaše	košaše	košasmo	košaste	košahu
Conditional I		kosio bih2	kosio bi2	kosio bi2	kosili bismo2	kosili biste2	kosili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kosio2	bȉo bi kosio2	bȉo bi kosio2	bíli bismo kosili2	bíli biste kosili2	bíli bi kosili2
Imperative		—	kosi	—	kosimo	kosite	—
Active past participle		kosio m / kosila f / kosilo n			kosili m / kosile f / kosila 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

• ukósiti
• zakósiti

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòːsiti/

Verb

kọ́siti impf

1. to eat lunch

Inflection

-iti -im (acute)
infinitive	kọ́siti
1st singular	kọ́sim
infinitive	kọ́siti			kọ́sit
supine	kọ́sit
verbal noun	—
	participle			converb
present	kosȅč			—
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	kọ́sił		kọ́sila		kọ́silo
dual	kọ́sila		kọ́sili		kọ́sili
plural	kọ́sili		kọ́sile		kọ́sila
	present			imperative
1st singular	kọ́sim			—
2nd singular	kọ́siš			kọ́si
3rd singular	kọ́si			—
1st dual	kọ́siva			kọ́siva
2nd dual	kọ́sita			kọ́sita
3rd dual	kọ́sita			—
1st plural	kọ́simo			kọ́simo
2nd plural	kọ́site			kọ́site
3rd plural	kọ́sijo			—

Derived terms

• pokọ́siti

Etymology 2

From kósa +‎ -iti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔsìːti/, /kɔsíːti/

Verb

kosīti impf

1. to mow, to scythe

Inflection

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive	kosīti
1st singular	kosím
infinitive	kosīti			kosȋt, kosȉt
supine	kosȋt
verbal noun	košénje
	participle			converb
present	kosȅč			—
past	košȅn			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	kosȋł		kosíla		kosȋlo
dual	kosȋla		kosȋli		kosȋli
plural	kosȋli		kosȋle		kosȋla
	present			imperative
1st singular	kosím			—
2nd singular	kosíš			kósi
3rd singular	kosí			—
1st dual	kosíva			kosȋva
2nd dual	kosíta			kosȋta
3rd dual	kosíta			—
1st plural	kosímo			kosȋmo
2nd plural	kosíte			kosȋte
3rd plural	kosíjo			—

Derived terms

• nakosīti
• pokosīti

Further reading

• “kositi”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024