klečati
See also: klecati
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *klęčati.
Verb
kléčati impf (Cyrillic spelling кле́чати)
- (intransitive) to kneel
Conjugation
Conjugation of klečati
| Infinitive: klečati | Present verbal adverb: kléčēći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: kléčānje | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | klečim | klečiš | kleči | klečimo | klečite | kleče | |
| Future | Future I | klečat ću1 klečaću | klečat ćeš1 klečaćeš | klečat će1 klečaće | klečat ćemo1 klečaćemo | klečat ćete1 klečaćete | klečat će1 klečaće |
| Future II | bȕdēm klečao2 | bȕdēš klečao2 | bȕdē klečao2 | bȕdēmo klečali2 | bȕdēte klečali2 | bȕdū klečali2 | |
| Past | Perfect | klečao sam2 | klečao si2 | klečao je2 | klečali smo2 | klečali ste2 | klečali su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam klečao2 | bȉo si klečao2 | bȉo je klečao2 | bíli smo klečali2 | bíli ste klečali2 | bíli su klečali2 | |
| Imperfect | klečah | klečaše | klečaše | klečasmo | klečaste | klečahu | |
| Conditional I | klečao bih2 | klečao bi2 | klečao bi2 | klečali bismo2 | klečali biste2 | klečali bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih klečao2 | bȉo bi klečao2 | bȉo bi klečao2 | bíli bismo klečali2 | bíli biste klečali2 | bíli bi klečali2 | |
| Imperative | — | kleči | — | klečimo | klečite | — | |
| Active past participle | klečao m / klečala f / klečalo n | klečali m / klečale f / klečala 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. | |||||||
Related terms
- klȅknuti pf
- klȅcati impf
- koljeno
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *klęčati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɛt͡ʃàːti/
- Hyphenation: kle‧čá‧ti
Verb
klečáti impf
- (intransitive) to kneel (to stoop down and rest on the knee)
Inflection
| -ati -im | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | klečáti | |||||
| 1st singular | klečím | |||||
| infinitive | klečáti | klẹ́čat, kléčat | ||||
| supine | klẹ́čat, kléčat | |||||
| verbal noun | klečȃnje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | klečȅč | klečẹ̄ | ||||
| past | — | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | kléčał, klẹ́čał | klečȃla | klečálo | |||
| dual | klečála | klečáli | klečáli | |||
| plural | klečáli | klečále | klečála | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | klečím | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | klečíš | kléči, klẹ́či | ||||
| 3rd singular | klečí | — | ||||
| 1st dual | klečíva | klečȋva | ||||
| 2nd dual | klečíta | klečȋta | ||||
| 3rd dual | klečíta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | klečímo | klečȋmo | ||||
| 2nd plural | klečíte | klečȋte | ||||
| 3rd plural | klečíjo | — | ||||
Further reading
- “klečati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran