севати
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěvati. Akin to Slovene sevati.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]се́вати impf (Latin spelling sévati)
- (intransitive) to lightning
- с(иј)ева ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- муње с(иј)евају ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to twinkle, shimmer, blink
- ножеви су с(иј)евали ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to move rapidly (of a punch)
- шака је с(иј)евнула ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- “севати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025