zibati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zybati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǐːbati/
• Hyphenation: zi‧ba‧ti

Verb

zíbati impf (Cyrillic spelling зи́бати)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to rock (move gently back and forth, usually a child)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zibati

infinitive		zibati
present verbal adverb		zíbajūći/zíbljūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		zíbānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		zibam	zibaš	ziba	zibamo	zibate	zibaju
future	future I	zibat ću1 zibaću	zibat ćeš1 zibaćeš	zibat će1 zibaće	zibat ćemo1 zibaćemo	zibat ćete1 zibaćete	zibat ćē1 zibaće
	future II	bȕdēm zibao2	bȕdēš zibao2	bȕdē zibao2	bȕdēmo zibali2	bȕdēte zibali2	bȕdū zibali2
past	perfect	zibao sam2	zibao si2	zibao je2	zibali smo2	zibali ste2	zibali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam zibao2	bȉo si zibao2	bȉo je zibao2	bíli smo zibali2	bíli ste zibali2	bíli su zibali2
	imperfect	zibah	zibaše	zibaše	zibasmo	zibaste	zibahu
conditional	conditional I	zibao bih2	zibao bi2	zibao bi2	zibali bismo2	zibali biste2	zibali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih zibao2	bȉo bi zibao2	bȉo bi zibao2	bíli bismo zibali2	bíli biste zibali2	bíli bi zibali2
imperative		—	zibaj	—	zibajmo	zibajte	—
active past participle		zibao m / zibala f / zibalo n			zibali m / zibale f / zibala n
passive past participle		ziban m / zibana f / zibano n			zibani m / zibane f / zibana 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zybati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zìːbati/, /zibàːti/

Verb

zíbati or zibáti impf

1. to rock (move gently back and forth)

Conjugation

-Cati -Cjem (AP b or acute)
infinitive	zíbati, zibáti
1st singular	zíbljem
infinitive	zíbati, zibáti			zíbat
supine	zíbat
verbal noun	zíbanje, zibȃnje
	participle			converb
present	zibljọ̄č			zibȃje
past	zíban			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	zíbał		zibȃla, zíbala		zibálo, zíbalo
dual	zibála, zíbala		zibáli, zíbali		zibáli, zíbali
plural	zibáli, zíbali		zibále, zíbale		zibála, zíbala
	present			imperative
1st singular	zíbljem			—
2nd singular	zíblješ			zíblji
3rd singular	zíblje			—
1st dual	zíbljeva			zíbljiva, zibljȋva
2nd dual	zíbljeta			zíbljita, zibljȋta
3rd dual	zíbljeta			—
1st plural	zíbljemo			zíbljimo, zibljȋmo
2nd plural	zíbljete			zíbljite, zibljȋte
3rd plural	zíbljejo			—

-ati -am (AP b or acute)
infinitive	zíbati, zibáti
1st singular	zíbam
infinitive	zíbati, zibáti			zíbat
supine	zíbat
verbal noun	zíbanje, zibȃnje
	participle			converb
present	zibajọ̄č			zibȃje
past	zíban			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	zíbał		zibȃla, zíbala		zibálo, zíbalo
dual	zibála, zíbala		zibáli, zíbali		zibáli, zíbali
plural	zibáli, zíbali		zibále, zíbale		zibála, zíbala
	present			imperative
1st singular	zíbam			—
2nd singular	zíbaš			zíbaj
3rd singular	zíba			—
1st dual	zíbava			zíbajva, zibȃjva
2nd dual	zíbata			zíbajta, zibȃjta
3rd dual	zíbata			—
1st plural	zíbamo			zíbajmo, zibȃjmo
2nd plural	zíbate			zíbajte, zibȃjte
3rd plural	zíbajo			—

Derived terms

• prezíbati
• uzíbati
• zazíbati