klicati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From klȉk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klît͡sati/
• Hyphenation: kli‧ca‧ti

Verb

klȉcati impf (Cyrillic spelling кли̏цати)

1. (intransitive) to cheer, jubilate, cheerfully shout
2. (intransitive) to support someone by cheers or shouts (+ dative)

Conjugation

Conjugation of klicati

infinitive		klicati
present verbal adverb		-čūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		klȉcānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		kličem	kličeš	kliče	kličemo	kličete	kliču
future	future I	klicat ću1 klicaću	klicat ćeš1 klicaćeš	klicat će1 klicaće	klicat ćemo1 klicaćemo	klicat ćete1 klicaćete	klicat ćē1 klicaće
	future II	bȕdēm klicao2	bȕdēš klicao2	bȕdē klicao2	bȕdēmo klicali2	bȕdēte klicali2	bȕdū klicali2
past	perfect	klicao sam2	klicao si2	klicao je2	klicali smo2	klicali ste2	klicali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam klicao2	bȉo si klicao2	bȉo je klicao2	bíli smo klicali2	bíli ste klicali2	bíli su klicali2
	imperfect	klicah	klicaše	klicaše	klicasmo	klicaste	klicahu
conditional	conditional I	klicao bih2	klicao bi2	klicao bi2	klicali bismo2	klicali biste2	klicali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih klicao2	bȉo bi klicao2	bȉo bi klicao2	bíli bismo klicali2	bíli biste klicali2	bíli bi klicali2
imperative		—	kliči	—	kličimo	kličite	—
active past participle		klicao m / klicala f / klicalo n			klicali m / klicale f / klicala 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

• klȉknuti pf
• klìktati impf

References

• “klicati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klicati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klìːt͡sati/
• Hyphenation: kli‧ca‧ti

Verb

klícati impf

1. to call

Conjugation

-Cati -Cjem
infinitive	klícati
1st singular	klȋčem
infinitive	klícati			klícat
supine	klícat
verbal noun	klícanje, klicȃnje
	participle			converb
present	kličọ̄č			klicȃje
past	klȋcan			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	klícał		klīcala, klicȃla		klícalo, klicálo
dual	klícala, klicála		klícali, klicáli		klícali, klicáli
plural	klícali, klicáli		klícale, klicále		klícala, klicála
	present			imperative
1st singular	klȋčem			—
2nd singular	klȋčeš			klíči
3rd singular	klȋče			—
1st dual	klȋčeva			klíčiva
2nd dual	klȋčeta			klíčita
3rd dual	klȋčeta			—
1st plural	klȋčemo			klíčimo
2nd plural	klȋčete			klíčite
3rd plural	klȋčejo			—

Derived terms

• izklícati
• oklícati
• poklícati
• preklícati
• priklícati
• sklícati
• zaklícati

Further reading

• “klicati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025