ulizati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From u- +‎ lizati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ulǐːzati/
• Hyphenation: u‧li‧za‧ti

Verb

ulízati pf (Cyrillic spelling ули́зати)

1. (reflexive, with dative) to suck up, ingratiate (act subserviently to or flatter someone excessively in order to gain their favor)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ulizati

Infinitive: ulizati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ulízāvši		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		uližem	uližeš	uliže	uližemo	uližete	uližu
Future	Future I	ulizat ću1 ulizaću	ulizat ćeš1 ulizaćeš	ulizat će1 ulizaće	ulizat ćemo1 ulizaćemo	ulizat ćete1 ulizaćete	ulizat će1 ulizaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ulizao2	bȕdēš ulizao2	bȕdē ulizao2	bȕdēmo ulizali2	bȕdēte ulizali2	bȕdū ulizali2
Past	Perfect	ulizao sam2	ulizao si2	ulizao je2	ulizali smo2	ulizali ste2	ulizali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ulizao2	bȉo si ulizao2	bȉo je ulizao2	bíli smo ulizali2	bíli ste ulizali2	bíli su ulizali2
	Aorist	ulizah	uliza	uliza	ulizasmo	ulizaste	ulizaše
Conditional I		ulizao bih2	ulizao bi2	ulizao bi2	ulizali bismo2	ulizali biste2	ulizali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ulizao2	bȉo bi ulizao2	bȉo bi ulizao2	bíli bismo ulizali2	bíli biste ulizali2	bíli bi ulizali2
Imperative		—	uliži	—	uližimo	uližite	—
Active past participle		ulizao m / ulizala f / ulizalo n			ulizali m / ulizale f / ulizala n
Passive past participle		ulizan m / ulizana f / ulizano n			ulizani m / ulizane f / ulizana 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.

Related terms

• ulizívati impf

Further reading

• “ulizati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024