посветити
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /posʋěːtiti/
- Hyphenation: по‧све‧ти‧ти
Verb
посве́тити ? (Latin spelling posvétiti)
- (intransitive, with dative) to dedicate
- (intransitive, with dative) to write dedication
- (reflexive, with dative) to devote oneself to sth
- (transitive) to consecrate, sanctify
Conjugation
Conjugation of посветити
Infinitive: посветити | Present verbal adverb: — | Past verbal adverb: посве́тӣвши | Verbal noun: — | ||||
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
Verbal forms | ја | ти | он / она / оно | ми | ви | они / оне / она | |
Present | посветим | посветиш | посвети | посветимо | посветите | посвете | |
Future | Future I | посветит ћу1 посветићу | посветит ћеш1 посветићеш | посветит ће1 посветиће | посветит ћемо1 посветићемо | посветит ћете1 посветићете | посветит ће1 посветиће |
Future II | будем посветио2 | будеш посветио2 | буде посветио2 | будемо посветили2 | будете посветили2 | буду посветили2 | |
Past | Perfect | посветио сам2 | посветио си2 | посветио je2 | посветили смо2 | посветили сте2 | посветили су2 |
Pluperfect3 | био сам посветио2 | био си посветио2 | био је посветио2 | били смо посветили2 | били сте посветили2 | били су посветили2 | |
Aorist | посветих | посвети | посвети | посветисмо | посветисте | посветише | |
Conditional I | посветио бих2 | посветио би2 | посветио би2 | посветили бисмо2 | посветили бисте2 | посветили би2 | |
Conditional II | био бих посветио2 | био би посветио2 | био би посветио2 | били бисмо посветили2 | били бисте посветили2 | били би посветили2 | |
Imperative | — | посвети | — | посветимо | посветите | — | |
Active past participle | посветио m / посветила f / посветило n | посветили m / посветиле f / посветила n | |||||
Passive past participle | посвећен m / посвећена f / посвећено n | посвећени m / посвећене f / посвећена 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech. |
Related terms
- посвећи́вати impf