lagati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀮𑀕𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• लगति (Devanagari script)
• লগতি (Bengali script)
• ලගති (Sinhalese script)
• လဂတိ or လၷတိ (Burmese script)
• ลคติ or ละคะติ (Thai script)
• ᩃᨣᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ລຄຕິ or ລະຄະຕິ (Lao script)
• លគតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄉𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लगति (lagati).

Verb

lagati

1. to adhere, to stick, to cling

Synonyms

• laggati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъgati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎɡati/
• Hyphenation: la‧ga‧ti

Verb

làgati impf (Cyrillic spelling ла̀гати)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to lie (when with an object, followed by a dative in western and an accusative in eastern Serbo-Croatian)

   Istina je da te lažem

Conjugation

Conjugation of lagati

Infinitive: lagati		Present verbal adverb: lȁžūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: làgānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		lažem	lažeš	laže	lažemo	lažete	lažu
Future	Future I	lagat ću1 lagaću	lagat ćeš1 lagaćeš	lagat će1 lagaće	lagat ćemo1 lagaćemo	lagat ćete1 lagaćete	lagat će1 lagaće
	Future II	bȕdēm lagao2	bȕdēš lagao2	bȕdē lagao2	bȕdēmo lagali2	bȕdēte lagali2	bȕdū lagali2
Past	Perfect	lagao sam2	lagao si2	lagao je2	lagali smo2	lagali ste2	lagali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam lagao2	bȉo si lagao2	bȉo je lagao2	bíli smo lagali2	bíli ste lagali2	bíli su lagali2
	Imperfect	lagah	lagaše	lagaše	lagasmo	lagaste	lagahu
Conditional I		lagao bih2	lagao bi2	lagao bi2	lagali bismo2	lagali biste2	lagali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih lagao2	bȉo bi lagao2	bȉo bi lagao2	bíli bismo lagali2	bíli biste lagali2	bíli bi lagali2
Imperative		—	laži	—	lažimo	lažite	—
Active past participle		lagao m / lagala f / lagalo n			lagali m / lagale f / lagala 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

• slàgati
• lažna uzbuna
• lažni alarm

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lъgati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡàːti/

Verb

lagáti impf

1. to lie (tell an untruth)

Inflection

-Cati -Cjem
infinitive	lagáti
1st singular	lážem
infinitive	lagáti			lagȁt
supine	—
verbal noun	lagȃnje
	participle			converb
present	lažọ̄č			—
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	lagȁł		lagȃla		lagálo
dual	lagála		lagáli		lagáli
plural	lagáli		lagále		lagála
	present			imperative
1st singular	lážem			—
2nd singular	lážeš			láži
3rd singular	láže			—
1st dual	láževa			lažȋva, láživa
2nd dual	lážeta			lažȋta, lážita
3rd dual	lážeta			—
1st plural	lážemo			lažȋmo, lážimo
2nd plural	lážete			lažȋte, lážite
3rd plural	lážejo			—

Derived terms

• nalagáti
• zlagáti

Further reading

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