ловити

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Verb

ловити • (lovyty)

1. (ambitransitive) to hunt
2. (transitive) to catch

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⰾⱁⰲⰻⱅⰻ (loviti) — Glagolitic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Verb

ловити • (loviti) impf

1. (transitive) to hunt, to catch [with accusative or на (na, + accusative)]
   • 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 21:3:

     ⰳⰾ҃ⰰ ⰻⰿⱏ ⱄⰻⰿⱁⱀⱏ ⱂⰵⱅⱃⱏ · ⰺⰴⱘ ⱃⱏⰹⰱⱏ ⰾⱁⰲⰻⱅⱏ · ⰳⰾ҃ⰰⱎⱔ ⰵⰿⱆ · ⰺⰴⰵⰿⱏ ⰻ ⰿⱏⰹ ⱄⱏ ⱅⱁⰱⱁⱙ ·

     [гл҃а имъ симонъ петръ · ꙇдѫ ръібъ ловитъ · гл҃ашѧ емоу · ꙇдемъ и мъі съ тобоѭ ·]

     gl:a imŭ simonŭ petrŭ · idǫ rybŭ lovitŭ · gl:ašę emu · idemŭ i my sŭ tobojǫ ·

     Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. (KJV)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ловити (class II1, transitive)

infinitive supine verbal noun ловити loviti ловитъ lovitŭ ловлѥниѥ lovljenije participles1 present past active ловѧ lovę ловл҄ь, ловивъ lovlʹĭ, lovivŭ passive ловимъ lovimŭ ловлѥнъ lovljenŭ l-participle masculine neuter feminine singular ловилъ lovilŭ ловило lovilo ловила lovila dual ловила lovila ловилѣ lovilě ловилѣ lovilě plural ловили lovili ловила lovila ловилꙑ lovily present imperfect imperative singular 1st ловлѭ lovljǫ ловлꙗахъ lovljaaxŭ — 2nd ловиши loviši ловлꙗаше lovljaaše лови lovi 3rd ловитъ lovitŭ ловлꙗаше lovljaaše лови lovi dual 1st ловивѣ lovivě ловлꙗаховѣ lovljaaxově ловивѣ lovivě 2nd ловита lovita ловлꙗашета lovljaašeta ловита lovita 3rd ловите, ловита lovite, lovita ловлꙗашете, ловлꙗашета lovljaašete, lovljaašeta — plural 1st ловимъ lovimŭ ловлꙗахомъ lovljaaxomŭ ловимъ lovimŭ 2nd ловите lovite ловлꙗашете lovljaašete ловите lovite 3rd ловѧтъ lovętŭ ловлꙗахѫ lovljaaxǫ — s-aorist6 singular 1st ловихъ lovixŭ 2nd лови lovi 3rd лови lovi dual 1st ловиховѣ lovixově 2nd ловиста lovista 3rd ловисте, ловиста loviste, lovista plural 1st ловихомъ lovixomŭ 2nd ловисте loviste 3rd ловишѧ lovišę compound forms perfect2 Use the l-participle of ловити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ ѥстъ pluperfect2 Use the l-participle of ловити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect3 tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ бѣ/бѣаше future Use the infinitive of ловити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ ловити future perfect2, 4 Use the l-participle of ловити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ бѫдетъ conditional2 Use the l-participle of ловити and the conditional mood5 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of ловити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Descendants

• Bulgarian: ловя́ (lovjá)
• Russian: лови́ть (lovítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ло̀вити

  Latin script: lòviti

References

• “ловити”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
• “ловити”, in Исторически речник на българския език [Historical Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒʋiti/
• Hyphenation: ло‧ви‧ти

Verb

ло̀вити impf (Latin spelling lòviti)

1. (ambitransitive) to hunt
2. (ambitransitive) to chase, pursue
3. (transitive) to catch

   Није важно да ли је мачка црна или б(иј)ела, док год лови мишеве. ― It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. (quote by Deng Xiaoping)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ловити

infinitive		ловити
present verbal adverb		ло̀ве̄ћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ло̀вље̄ње
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		ловим	ловиш	лови	ловимо	ловите	лове
future	future I	ловит ћу1 ловићу	ловит ћеш1 ловићеш	ловит ће1 ловиће	ловит ћемо1 ловићемо	ловит ћете1 ловићете	ловит ће̄1 ловиће
	future II	бу̏де̄м ловио2	бу̏де̄ш ловио2	бу̏де̄ ловио2	бу̏де̄мо ловили2	бу̏де̄те ловили2	бу̏дӯ ловили2
past	perfect	ловио сам2	ловио си2	ловио је2	ловили смо2	ловили сте2	ловили су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам ловио2	би̏о си ловио2	би̏о је ловио2	би́ли смо ловили2	би́ли сте ловили2	би́ли су ловили2
	imperfect	ловљах	ловљаше	ловљаше	ловљасмо	ловљасте	ловљаху
conditional	conditional I	ловио бих2	ловио би2	ловио би2	ловили бисмо2	ловили бисте2	ловили би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих ловио2	би̏о би ловио2	би̏о би ловио2	би́ли бисмо ловили2	би́ли бисте ловили2	би́ли би ловили2
imperative		—	лови	—	ловимо	ловите	—
active past participle		ловио m / ловила f / ловило n			ловили m / ловиле f / ловила n
passive past participle		ловљен m / ловљена f / ловљено n			ловљени m / ловљене f / ловљена 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

• изло̀вити
• нало̀вити
• поло̀вити
• уло̀вити

Further reading

• “ловити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɔˈʋɪte]

• Audio:

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Verb

лови́ти • (lovýty) impf (perfective злови́ти) (transitive)

1. to catch (to seize or intercept an object moving through the air or some other medium)
2. to catch (to grab, seize, take hold of)
3. to catch (to board a means of transportation)
4. to catch (to capture or snare someone or something which would rather escape)
5. to catch (to take in with one's senses or intellect; to perceive and understand)

Conjugation

Conjugation of лови́ти, лови́ть (class 4c, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	лови́ти, лови́ть lovýty, lovýtʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	ло́влячи lóvljačy	лови́вши lovývšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	ловлю́ lovljú	бу́ду лови́ти, бу́ду лови́ть, лови́тиму búdu lovýty, búdu lovýtʹ, lovýtymu
2nd singular ти	ло́виш lóvyš	бу́деш лови́ти, бу́деш лови́ть, лови́тимеш búdeš lovýty, búdeš lovýtʹ, lovýtymeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	ло́вить lóvytʹ	бу́де лови́ти, бу́де лови́ть, лови́тиме búde lovýty, búde lovýtʹ, lovýtyme
1st plural ми	ло́вим, ло́вимо lóvym, lóvymo	бу́демо лови́ти, бу́демо лови́ть, лови́тимемо, лови́тимем búdemo lovýty, búdemo lovýtʹ, lovýtymemo, lovýtymem
2nd plural ви	ло́вите lóvyte	бу́дете лови́ти, бу́дете лови́ть, лови́тимете búdete lovýty, búdete lovýtʹ, lovýtymete
3rd plural вони	ло́влять lóvljatʹ	бу́дуть лови́ти, бу́дуть лови́ть, лови́тимуть búdutʹ lovýty, búdutʹ lovýtʹ, lovýtymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	лові́м, лові́мо lovím, lovímo
second-person	лови́ lový	лові́ть lovítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	лови́в lovýv	лови́ли lovýly
feminine я / ти / вона	лови́ла lovýla
neuter воно	лови́ло lovýlo

Derived terms

• (idiom) ґав лови́ти (gav lovýty, “to catch crows, to get distracted”)
• лови́тися impf (lovýtysja)
• лові́ння n (lovínnja)
• ло́влення n (lóvlennja)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ловити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “ловити”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ловити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ловити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “ловити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “ловити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “ловити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]