kolebati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěbati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolěbati/
• Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ba‧ti

Verb

kolèbati impf (Cyrillic spelling колѐбати)

1. (reflexive) to hesitate
2. (intransitive) to sway, swing, oscillate

Conjugation

Conjugation of kolebati

Infinitive: kolebati		Present verbal adverb: kolèbajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kolèbānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kolebam	kolebaš	koleba	kolebamo	kolebate	kolebaju
Future	Future I	kolebat ću1 kolebaću	kolebat ćeš1 kolebaćeš	kolebat će1 kolebaće	kolebat ćemo1 kolebaćemo	kolebat ćete1 kolebaćete	kolebat će1 kolebaće
	Future II	bȕdēm kolebao2	bȕdēš kolebao2	bȕdē kolebao2	bȕdēmo kolebali2	bȕdēte kolebali2	bȕdū kolebali2
Past	Perfect	kolebao sam2	kolebao si2	kolebao je2	kolebali smo2	kolebali ste2	kolebali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kolebao2	bȉo si kolebao2	bȉo je kolebao2	bíli smo kolebali2	bíli ste kolebali2	bíli su kolebali2
	Imperfect	kolebah	kolebaše	kolebaše	kolebasmo	kolebaste	kolebahu
Conditional I		kolebao bih2	kolebao bi2	kolebao bi2	kolebali bismo2	kolebali biste2	kolebali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kolebao2	bȉo bi kolebao2	bȉo bi kolebao2	bíli bismo kolebali2	bíli biste kolebali2	bíli bi kolebali2
Imperative		—	kolebaj	—	kolebajmo	kolebajte	—
Active past participle		kolebao m / kolebala f / kolebalo n			kolebali m / kolebale f / kolebala 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

• pokolèbati