plesati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *plęsati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plěːsati/
• Hyphenation: ple‧sa‧ti

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Verb

plésati impf (Cyrillic spelling пле́сати)

1. (chiefly Croatia, ambitransitive) to dance

   Synonym: igrati

Conjugation

Conjugation of plesati

infinitive		plesati
present verbal adverb		pléšūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		plésānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		plešem	plešeš	pleše	plešemo	plešete	plešu
future	future I	plesat ću1 plesaću	plesat ćeš1 plesaćeš	plesat će1 plesaće	plesat ćemo1 plesaćemo	plesat ćete1 plesaćete	plesat ćē1 plesaće
	future II	bȕdēm plesao2	bȕdēš plesao2	bȕdē plesao2	bȕdēmo plesali2	bȕdēte plesali2	bȕdū plesali2
past	perfect	plesao sam2	plesao si2	plesao je2	plesali smo2	plesali ste2	plesali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam plesao2	bȉo si plesao2	bȉo je plesao2	bíli smo plesali2	bíli ste plesali2	bíli su plesali2
	imperfect	plesah	plesaše	plesaše	plesasmo	plesaste	plesahu
conditional	conditional I	plesao bih2	plesao bi2	plesao bi2	plesali bismo2	plesali biste2	plesali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih plesao2	bȉo bi plesao2	bȉo bi plesao2	bíli bismo plesali2	bíli biste plesali2	bíli bi plesali2
imperative		—	pleši	—	plešimo	plešite	—
active past participle		plesao m / plesala f / plesalo n			plesali m / plesale f / plesala 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

• ples

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *plęsati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plèːsati/, /plɛsàːti/
• Hyphenation: ple‧sa‧ti

Verb

plẹ́sati or plesáti impf

1. to dance (to move rhythmically to music)

Conjugation

-Cati -Cjem (AP b)
infinitive	plẹ́sati, plesáti
1st singular	plẹ́šem
infinitive	plẹ́sati, plesáti			plẹ́sat
supine	plẹ́sat
verbal noun	plesȃnje
	participle			converb
present	plešọ̄č			plesȃje
past	plẹ́san			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	plẹ́sał		plesȃla		plesálo
dual	plesála		plesáli		plesáli
plural	plesáli		plesále		plesála
	present			imperative
1st singular	plẹ́šem			—
2nd singular	plẹ́šeš			plẹ́ši
3rd singular	plẹ́še			—
1st dual	plẹ́ševa			plẹ́šiva, plešȋva
2nd dual	plẹ́šeta			plẹ́šita, plešȋta
3rd dual	plẹ́šeta			—
1st plural	plẹ́šemo			plẹ́šimo, plešȋmo
2nd plural	plẹ́šete			plẹ́šite, plešȋte
3rd plural	plẹ́šejo			—

Derived terms

• plẹ̑s

Further reading

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