speti
See also: spětí
Romanian
Etymology
From spată.
Verb
a speti (third-person singular present spetește, past participle spetit) 4th conj.
- to harass, to work to death, break someone’s back, like a slave
Conjugation
conjugation of speti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a speti | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | spetind | ||||||
| past participle | spetit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | spetesc | spetești | spetește | spetim | spetiți | spetesc | |
| imperfect | speteam | speteai | spetea | speteam | speteați | speteau | |
| simple perfect | spetii | spetiși | speti | spetirăm | spetirăți | spetiră | |
| pluperfect | spetisem | spetiseși | spetise | spetiserăm | spetiserăți | spetiseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să spetesc | să spetești | să spetească | să spetim | să spetiți | să spetească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | spetește | spetiți | |||||
| negative | nu speti | nu spetiți | |||||
Derived terms
- speteală
See also
- deșela
- istovi
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *spěti. Originally the present tense was spẹ̑jem (like grẹ́ti), which then contracted to spẹ̑m (like smẹ́ti). The short vowel and -i- in the imperative are analogical.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spèːti/
Verb
spẹ́ti impf (archaic)
- to go, to hurry
Inflection
| infinitive | spẹ́ti | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st singular | spȅm | |||||
| infinitive | spẹ́ti | spet | ||||
| supine | spẹ̑t | |||||
| verbal noun | spẹ̑tje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | spȅč | — | ||||
| past | — | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | spȅł, spẹ̑ł | spẹ̄la | spẹ̄lo | |||
| dual | spẹ̄la | spẹ̄li | spẹ̄li | |||
| plural | spẹ̄li | spẹ̄le | spẹ̄la | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | spȅm | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | spȅš | spȉ | ||||
| 3rd singular | spȅ | — | ||||
| 1st dual | spéva | spȋva | ||||
| 2nd dual | spéta | spȋta | ||||
| 3rd dual | spéta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | spémo | spȋmo | ||||
| 2nd plural | spéte | spȋte | ||||
| 3rd plural | spéjo | — | ||||
Derived terms
- dospẹ́ti
- prispẹ́ti
- uspẹ́ti
Related terms
- spẹ̑h
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *sъpęti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spèːti/
Verb
spẹ́ti pf
- to tie, to bind
- to staple
Inflection
| Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spẹ́ti | |||||
| 1st singular | spnȅm | |||||
| infinitive | spẹ́ti | spet | ||||
| supine | spẹ̑t, spȅt | |||||
| verbal noun | spẹ̑tje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | — | — | ||||
| past | spẹ̑t | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | spẹ̑ł | spẹ́la | spẹ̑lo | |||
| dual | spẹ̑la | spẹ̑li | spẹ̑li | |||
| plural | spẹ̑li | spẹ̑le | spẹ̑la | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | spnȅm | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | spnȅš | spnȉ | ||||
| 3rd singular | spnȅ | — | ||||
| 1st dual | spnéva | spnȋva | ||||
| 2nd dual | spnéta | spnȋta | ||||
| 3rd dual | spnéta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | spnémo | spnȋmo | ||||
| 2nd plural | spnéte | spnȋte | ||||
| 3rd plural | spnéjo | — | ||||
Further reading
- “speti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran