kotiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotiti. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒtiti/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ti‧ti

Verb

kòtiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко̀тити)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to bear, to bring forth (of animals)
2. (reflexive, figuratively) to multiply

Conjugation

Conjugation of kotiti

Infinitive: kotiti		Present verbal adverb: kòtēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kòćēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kotim	kotiš	koti	kotimo	kotite	kote
Future	Future I	kotit ću1 kotiću	kotit ćeš1 kotićeš	kotit će1 kotiće	kotit ćemo1 kotićemo	kotit ćete1 kotićete	kotit će1 kotiće
	Future II	bȕdēm kotio2	bȕdēš kotio2	bȕdē kotio2	bȕdēmo kotili2	bȕdēte kotili2	bȕdū kotili2
Past	Perfect	kotio sam2	kotio si2	kotio je2	kotili smo2	kotili ste2	kotili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam kotio2	bȉo si kotio2	bȉo je kotio2	bíli smo kotili2	bíli ste kotili2	bíli su kotili2
	Imperfect	koćah	koćaše	koćaše	koćasmo	koćaste	koćahu
Conditional I		kotio bih2	kotio bi2	kotio bi2	kotili bismo2	kotili biste2	kotili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih kotio2	bȉo bi kotio2	bȉo bi kotio2	bíli bismo kotili2	bíli biste kotili2	bíli bi kotili2
Imperative		—	koti	—	kotimo	kotite	—
Active past participle		kotio m / kotila f / kotilo n			kotili m / kotile f / kotila 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

• nakòtiti
• okòtiti