poviti

Old Czech

Etymology

From po- +‎ víti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpoʋici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpovici/

Verb

poviti pf (imperfective povíjěti)

1. to wrap
2. to give birth

Conjugation

Conjugation of poviti (class I)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
poviti	povit	povitie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	pov́ú	povievě (-va)	poviem (-me/-my)	–	povívě (-va)	povíme (-my)
2nd person	povieš	povieta	poviete	poví	povíta	povíte
3rd person	povie	povieta	pov́ú	poví	povíta	povíte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	povich	povichově (-va)	povichom (-me/-my)	poviech	poviechově (-va)	poviechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	povi	povista (-šta)	poviste (-šte)	povieše	poviešta (-sta)	poviešte (-ste)
3rd person	povi	povista (-šta)	povichu	povieše	poviešta (-sta)	poviechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	povil	povila	povili	povit	povita	poviti
Feminine	povila	povile	povily	povita	povitě	povity
Neuter	povilo	povile	povila	povito	povitě	povita

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	povie	pov́úce		poviv	povivše
Feminine	pov́úci			povivši
Neuter	povie, pov́úci			poviv, povivši

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

Descendants

• Czech: povít

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “poviti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ viti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒʋiti/
• Hyphenation: po‧vi‧ti

Verb

pòviti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вити)

1. (transitive) to bend
2. (transitive) to dress, bandage (wound)
3. (transitive) to diaper (put diapers on someone)
4. (reflexive, disapprovingly) to conform, adjust (of a person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of poviti

Infinitive: poviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòvīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		povijem	poviješ	povije	povijemo	povijete	poviju
Future	Future I	povit ću1 poviću	povit ćeš1 povićeš	povit će1 poviće	povit ćemo1 povićemo	povit ćete1 povićete	povit će1 poviće
	Future II	bȕdēm povio2	bȕdēš povio2	bȕdē povio2	bȕdēmo povili2	bȕdēte povili2	bȕdū povili2
Past	Perfect	povio sam2	povio si2	povio je2	povili smo2	povili ste2	povili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam povio2	bȉo si povio2	bȉo je povio2	bíli smo povili2	bíli ste povili2	bíli su povili2
	Aorist	povih	povi	povi	povismo	poviste	poviše
Conditional I		povio bih2	povio bi2	povio bi2	povili bismo2	povili biste2	povili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih povio2	bȉo bi povio2	bȉo bi povio2	bíli bismo povili2	bíli biste povili2	bíli bi povili2
Imperative		—	povij	—	povijmo	povijte	—
Active past participle		povio m / povila f / povilo n			povili m / povile f / povila n
Passive past participle		povijen / povit m / povijena / povita f / povijeno / povito n			povijeni / poviti m / povijene / povite f / povijena / povita 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.

References

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