moliti

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈliː.tiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈliː.ti]

Participle

mōlītī

1. inflection of mōlītus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒliti/
• Hyphenation: mo‧li‧ti

Verb

mòliti impf (Cyrillic spelling мо̀лити)

1. (transitive) to ask, request, beg

   Ja za ljubav neću moliti ― I'm Not Gonna Beg for Love (song by Nina Badrić)

2. (reflexive) to pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of moliti

infinitive		moliti
present verbal adverb		mòlēći
past verbal adverb		molivši
verbal noun		mòljēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		molim	moliš	moli	molimo	molite	mole
future	future I	molit ću1 moliću	molit ćeš1 molićeš	molit će1 moliće	molit ćemo1 molićemo	molit ćete1 molićete	molit ćē1 moliće
	future II	bȕdēm molio2	bȕdēš molio2	bȕdē molio2	bȕdēmo molili2	bȕdēte molili2	bȕdū molili2
past	perfect	molio sam2	molio si2	molio je2	molili smo2	molili ste2	molili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam molio2	bȉo si molio2	bȉo je molio2	bíli smo molili2	bíli ste molili2	bíli su molili2
	imperfect	moljah	moljaše	moljaše	moljasmo	moljaste	moljahu
conditional	conditional I	molio bih2	molio bi2	molio bi2	molili bismo2	molili biste2	molili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih molio2	bȉo bi molio2	bȉo bi molio2	bíli bismo molili2	bíli biste molili2	bíli bi molili2
imperative		—	moli	—	molimo	molite	—
active past participle		molio m / molila f / molilo n			molili m / molile f / molila n
passive past participle		moljen m / moljena f / moljeno n			moljeni m / moljene f / moljena 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

• izmòliti
• molim
• umòliti
• zamòliti

Related terms

• mòlitva
• molba

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔlìːti/, /mɔlíːti/

Verb

molīti impf

1. to pray

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive	molīti
1st singular	mọ́lim
infinitive	molīti			mólit
supine	mólit
verbal noun	mọ́ljenje
	participle			converb
present	molȅč			—
past	mọ́ljen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	mólił		molȋla		molílo
dual	molíla		molíli		molíli
plural	molíli		molíle		molíla
	present			imperative
1st singular	mọ́lim			—
2nd singular	mọ́liš			móli
3rd singular	mọ́li			—
1st dual	mọ́liva			molȋva
2nd dual	mọ́lita			molȋta
3rd dual	mọ́lita			—
1st plural	mọ́limo			molȋmo
2nd plural	mọ́lite			molȋte
3rd plural	mọ́lijo			—

Derived terms

• pomolīti
• zamolīti

Etymology 2

Rix suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *molh₃-éye-ti, a causative from the root *melh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔlìːti/, /mɔlíːti/

Verb

molīti impf

1. to protrude
2. to extend beyond

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive	molīti
1st singular	molím
infinitive	molīti			molȋt, molȉt
supine	—
verbal noun	moljénje
	participle			converb
present	molȅč			—
past	moljȅn			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	molȋł		molíla		molȋlo
dual	molȋla		molȋli		molȋli
plural	molȋli		molȋle		molȋla
	present			imperative
1st singular	molím			—
2nd singular	molíš			móli
3rd singular	molí			—
1st dual	molíva			molȋva
2nd dual	molíta			molȋta
3rd dual	molíta			—
1st plural	molímo			molȋmo
2nd plural	molíte			molȋte
3rd plural	molíjo			—

Further reading

• “moliti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “moliti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references