sevati
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- सेवति (Devanagari script)
- সেৰতি (Bengali script)
- සෙවති (Sinhalese script)
- သေဝတိ (Burmese script)
- เสวติ or เสวะติ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ເສວຕິ or ເສວະຕິ (Lao script)
- សេវតិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄬𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)
Verb
sevati
- indulge in, pursue
Derived terms
- nisevati
- paṭisevati
- saṃsevati
- upasevati
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): sijévati
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sěvati. Akin to Slovene sevati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěːʋati/
- Hyphenation: se‧va‧ti
Verb
sévati impf (Cyrillic spelling се́вати)
- (intransitive) to flash, to light up (chiefly referring to thunder)
- s(ij)eva ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- munje s(ij)evaju ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to twinkle, shimmer, blink
- noževi su s(ij)evali ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to move rapidly (of a punch)
- šaka je s(ij)evnula ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sevati
| Infinitive: sevati | Present verbal adverb: sévajūći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: sévānje | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | sevam | sevaš | seva | sevamo | sevate | sevaju | |
| Future | Future I | sevat ću1 sevaću | sevat ćeš1 sevaćeš | sevat će1 sevaće | sevat ćemo1 sevaćemo | sevat ćete1 sevaćete | sevat će1 sevaće |
| Future II | bȕdēm sevao2 | bȕdēš sevao2 | bȕdē sevao2 | bȕdēmo sevali2 | bȕdēte sevali2 | bȕdū sevali2 | |
| Past | Perfect | sevao sam2 | sevao si2 | sevao je2 | sevali smo2 | sevali ste2 | sevali su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam sevao2 | bȉo si sevao2 | bȉo je sevao2 | bíli smo sevali2 | bíli ste sevali2 | bíli su sevali2 | |
| Imperfect | sevah | sevaše | sevaše | sevasmo | sevaste | sevahu | |
| Conditional I | sevao bih2 | sevao bi2 | sevao bi2 | sevali bismo2 | sevali biste2 | sevali bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih sevao2 | bȉo bi sevao2 | bȉo bi sevao2 | bíli bismo sevali2 | bíli biste sevali2 | bíli bi sevali2 | |
| Imperative | — | sevaj | — | sevajmo | sevajte | — | |
| Active past participle | sevao m / sevala f / sevalo n | sevali m / sevale f / sevala 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. | |||||||
References
- “sevati” in Hrvatski jezični portal