zaspati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zasъpati.

Verb

zàspati pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀спати)

1. to fall asleep
2. to oversleep, sleep in

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaspati

infinitive		zaspati
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		zàspāvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		zàspīm	zaspiš	zaspi	zaspimo	zaspite	zaspe
future	future I	zaspat ću1 zaspaću	zaspat ćeš1 zaspaćeš	zaspat će1 zaspaće	zaspat ćemo1 zaspaćemo	zaspat ćete1 zaspaćete	zaspat ćē1 zaspaće
	future II	bȕdēm zȁspao2	bȕdēš zȁspao2	bȕdē zȁspao2	bȕdēmo zaspali2	bȕdēte zaspali2	bȕdū zaspali2
past	perfect	zȁspao sam2	zȁspao si2	zȁspao je2	zaspali smo2	zaspali ste2	zaspali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam zȁspao2	bȉo si zȁspao2	bȉo je zȁspao2	bíli smo zaspali2	bíli ste zaspali2	bíli su zaspali2
	aorist	zaspah	zaspa	zaspa	zaspasmo	zaspaste	zaspaše
conditional	conditional I	zȁspao bih2	zȁspao bi2	zȁspao bi2	zaspali bismo2	zaspali biste2	zaspali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih zȁspao2	bȉo bi zȁspao2	bȉo bi zȁspao2	bíli bismo zaspali2	bíli biste zaspali2	bíli bi zaspali2
imperative		—	zaspi	—	zaspimo	zaspite	—
active past participle		zȁspao m / zaspala f / zaspalo n			zaspali m / zaspale f / zaspala 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zasъpati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaspàːti/

Verb

zaspáti pf

1. to fall asleep
2. to oversleep, sleep in

Conjugation

-ati -im (AP c)
infinitive	zaspáti
1st singular	zaspím
infinitive	zaspáti			zaspat
supine	zaspȁt
verbal noun	—
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	zaspȃł		zaspála		zaspȃlo
dual	zaspȃla		zaspȃli		zaspȃli
plural	zaspȃli		zaspȃle		zaspȃla
	present			imperative
1st singular	zaspím			—
2nd singular	zaspíš			zaspȉ
3rd singular	zaspí			—
1st dual	zaspíva			zaspȋva
2nd dual	zaspíta			zaspȋta
3rd dual	zaspíta			—
1st plural	zaspímo			zaspȋmo
2nd plural	zaspíte			zaspȋte
3rd plural	zaspíjo			—

Further reading

• “zaspati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025