spasti

See also: Spasti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From s- +‎ pasti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spâsti/
• Hyphenation: spa‧sti

Verb

spȁsti pf (Cyrillic spelling спа̏сти)

1. (intransitive) to fall down
2. (intransitive) to decline
3. (intransitive) to be reduced to, be lowered or debased

Conjugation

Conjugation of spasti

Infinitive: spasti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: spȃvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		spadnem, spanem	spadneš, spaneš	spadne, spane	spadnemo, spanemo	spadnete, spanete	spadnu, spanu
Future	Future I	spast ću1 spašću	spast ćeš1 spašćeš	spast će1 spašće	spast ćemo1 spašćemo	spast ćete1 spašćete	spast će1 spašće
	Future II	bȕdēm spao2	bȕdēš spao2	bȕdē spao2	bȕdēmo spali2	bȕdēte spali2	bȕdū spali2
Past	Perfect	spao sam2	spao si2	spao je2	spali smo2	spali ste2	spali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam spao2	bȉo si spao2	bȉo je spao2	bíli smo spali2	bíli ste spali2	bíli su spali2
	Aorist	spadoh	spade	spade	spadosmo	spadoste	spadoše
Conditional I		spao bih2	spao bi2	spao bi2	spali bismo2	spali biste2	spali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih spao2	bȉo bi spao2	bȉo bi spao2	bíli bismo spali2	bíli biste spali2	bíli bi spali2
Imperative		—	spadni, spani	—	spadnimo, spanimo	spadnite, spanite	—
Active past participle		spao m / spala f / spalo n			spali m / spale f / spala 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.

Related terms

• spȁdati impf

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• spásiti (Croatia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spâːsti/
• Hyphenation: spa‧sti

Verb

spȃsti pf (Cyrillic spelling спа̑сти)

1. (Bosnia, Serbia, transitive) to save, salvage, rescue

Conjugation

Conjugation of spasti

Infinitive: spasti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: spīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		spasem	spaseš	spase	spasemo	spasete	spasu
Future	Future I	spast ću1 spašću	spast ćeš1 spašćeš	spast će1 spašće	spast ćemo1 spašćemo	spast ćete1 spašćete	spast će1 spašće
	Future II	bȕdēm spasao2	bȕdēš spasao2	bȕdē spasao2	bȕdēmo spasli2	bȕdēte spasli2	bȕdū spasli2
Past	Perfect	spasao sam2	spasao si2	spasao je2	spasli smo2	spasli ste2	spasli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam spasao2	bȉo si spasao2	bȉo je spasao2	bíli smo spasli2	bíli ste spasli2	bíli su spasli2
	Aorist	spasoh	spase	spase	spasosmo	spasoste	spasoše
Conditional I		spasao bih2	spasao bi2	spasao bi2	spasli bismo2	spasli biste2	spasli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih spasao2	bȉo bi spasao2	bȉo bi spasao2	bíli bismo spasli2	bíli biste spasli2	bíli bi spasli2
Imperative		—	spasi	—	spasimo	spasite	—
Active past participle		spasao m / spasla f / spaslo n			spasli m / spasle f / spasla n
Passive past participle		spasen m / spasena f / spaseno n			spaseni m / spasene f / spasena 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.

Related terms

• spasávati / spašávati impf

References

• “spasti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “spasti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “spasti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume V, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 926