zvati

See also: zváti and žváti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъvati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋâti/
• Hyphenation: zva‧ti

Verb

zvȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зва̏ти)

1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to call, to be called

   Kako se zoveš? Zovem se Petar. ― What is your name? My name is Peter. (literally, “What do you call yourself? I call myself Peter.”)

2. (ambitransitive) to summon
3. (ambitransitive) to call, invite (as a guest, or on the phone)

   zvati na telefon ― to call on the phone

4. (ambitransitive, colloquial) to decide, call

   Meni je svejedno, ti zovi gdje idemo na kraju.

   It's all the same to me, you decide where we are going in the end.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zvati

infinitive		zvati
present verbal adverb		zòvūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		zvȃnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		zovem	zoveš	zove	zovemo	zovete	zovu
future	future I	zvat ću1 zvaću	zvat ćeš1 zvaćeš	zvat će1 zvaće	zvat ćemo1 zvaćemo	zvat ćete1 zvaćete	zvat ćē1 zvaće
	future II	bȕdēm zvao2	bȕdēš zvao2	bȕdē zvao2	bȕdēmo zvali2	bȕdēte zvali2	bȕdū zvali2
past	perfect	zvao sam2	zvao si2	zvao je2	zvali smo2	zvali ste2	zvali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam zvao2	bȉo si zvao2	bȉo je zvao2	bíli smo zvali2	bíli ste zvali2	bíli su zvali2
	imperfect	zvah	zvaše	zvaše	zvasmo	zvaste	zvahu
conditional	conditional I	zvao bih2	zvao bi2	zvao bi2	zvali bismo2	zvali biste2	zvali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih zvao2	bȉo bi zvao2	bȉo bi zvao2	bíli bismo zvali2	bíli biste zvali2	bíli bi zvali2
imperative		—	zovi	—	zovimo	zovite	—
active past participle		zvao m / zvala f / zvalo n			zvali m / zvale f / zvala n
passive past participle		zvan m / zvana f / zvano n			zvani m / zvane f / zvana 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

• dòzvati
• izàzvati
• nàzvati
• odàzvati
• pòzvati
• prìzvati
• pròzvati
• sàzvati
• zàzvati

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъvati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋàːti/

Verb

zváti impf

1. to call
2. to call, to name

Conjugation

infinitive	zváti
1st singular	zóvem
infinitive	zváti			zvȁt
supine	zvȃt
verbal noun	zvānje
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	zván			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	zvȃł		zvála		zvȃlo
dual	zvȃla		zvȃli		zvȃli
plural	zvȃli		zvȃle		zvȃla
	present			imperative
1st singular	zóvem			—
2nd singular	zóveš			zóvi
3rd singular	zóve			—
1st dual	zóveva			zovȋva
2nd dual	zóveta			zovȋta
3rd dual	zóveta			—
1st plural	zóvemo			zovȋmo
2nd plural	zóvete			zovȋte
3rd plural	zóvejo			—

Derived terms

• nazváti
• odzváti
• pozváti
• prizváti

Further reading

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