milovati

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milovati. By surface analysis, milý +‎ -ovati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmiɫoʋaci/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmilovaci/

Verb

milovati impf

to love
Synonym: ľúbiti

Ona sě milujeta. ― They love each other.

Conjugation

Conjugation of milovati (class VI)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
milovati	milovat	milovánie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	miluju	milujevě (-va)	milujem (-me/-my)	–	milujvě (-va)	milujme (-my)
2nd person	miluješ	milujeta	milujete	miluj	milujta	milujte
3rd person	miluje	milujeta	milujú	miluj	milujta	milujte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	milovach	milovachově (-va)	milovachom (-me/-my)	milovách	milováchově (-va)	milováchom (-me/-my)
2nd person	milova	milovasta (-šta)	milovaste (-šte)	milováše	milovášta (-sta)	milovášte (-ste)
3rd person	milova	milovasta (-šta)	milovachu	milováše	milovášta (-sta)	milováchu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	miloval	milovala	milovali	milován	milována	milováni
Feminine	milovala	milovale	milovaly	milována	milováně	milovány
Neuter	milovalo	milovale	milovala	milováno	milováně	milována

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	milujě	milujúce		milovav	milovavše
Feminine	milujúci			milovavši
Neuter	milujě, milujúci			milovav, milovavši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of milovati around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

pomilovati

Descendants

Czech: milovat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milovati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mîloʋati/
Hyphenation: mi‧lo‧va‧ti

Verb

mȉlovati impf (Cyrillic spelling ми̏ловати)

(transitive) to caress, fondle

Conjugation

Conjugation of milovati

Infinitive: milovati		Present verbal adverb: mȉlujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: mȉlovānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		milujem	miluješ	miluje	milujemo	milujete	miluju
Future	Future I	milovat ću¹ milovaću	milovat ćeš¹ milovaćeš	milovat će¹ milovaće	milovat ćemo¹ milovaćemo	milovat ćete¹ milovaćete	milovat će¹ milovaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm milovao²	bȕdēš milovao²	bȕdē milovao²	bȕdēmo milovali²	bȕdēte milovali²	bȕdū milovali²
Past	Perfect	milovao sam²	milovao si²	milovao je²	milovali smo²	milovali ste²	milovali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam milovao²	bȉo si milovao²	bȉo je milovao²	bíli smo milovali²	bíli ste milovali²	bíli su milovali²
	Imperfect	milovah	milovaše	milovaše	milovasmo	milovaste	milovahu
Conditional I		milovao bih²	milovao bi²	milovao bi²	milovali bismo²	milovali biste²	milovali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih milovao²	bȉo bi milovao²	bȉo bi milovao²	bíli bismo milovali²	bíli biste milovali²	bíli bi milovali²
Imperative		—	miluj	—	milujmo	milujte	—
Active past participle		milovao m / milovala f / milovalo n			milovali m / milovale f / milovala n
Passive past participle		milovan m / milovana f / milovano n			milovani m / milovane f / milovana 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

pòmilovati

Old Czech

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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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