nositi

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei

Proto-Slavic *nesti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *nosìti

Old Czech nositi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nosìti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈnosici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈnosici/

Verb

nositi impf

1. to carry

Usage notes

• The verb nositi is a multidirectional verb. Its unidirectional counterpart is nésti.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nositi (class IV)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
nositi	nosit	nošenie

	present			imperative
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
1st person	nošu	nosívě (-va)	nosím (-me/-my)	—	nosvě, nosivě (-va)	nosme, nosim (-me/-my)
2nd person	nosíš	nosíta	nosíte	nos, nosi	nosta, nosita	noste, nosite
3rd person	nosí	nosíta	nosie	nos, nosi	nosta, nosita	noste, nosite

	aorist (sigmatic)			imperfect
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
1st person	nosich	nosichově (-va)	nosichom (-me/-my)	nosiech	nosiechově (-va)	nosiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	nosi	nosista (-šta)	nosiste (-šte)	nosieše	nosiešta (-sta)	nosiešte (-ste)
3rd person	nosi	nosista (-šta)	nosichu	nosieše	nosiešta (-sta)	nosiechu

	l-participle			passive participle
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
masculine	nosil	nosila	nosili	nošen	nošena	nošeni
feminine	nosila	nosile	nosily	nošena	nošeně	nošeny
neuter	nosilo	nosile	nosila	nošeno	nošeně	nošena

	nt-participle			s-participle
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
masculine	nosě	nosiece		nosiv	nosivše
feminine	nosieci			nosivši
neuter	nosě, nosieci			nosiv, nosivši

compound forms
perfect	Use the l-participle of nositi and the present tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. nosil jest
pluperfect	Use the l-participle of nositi and one of the past tenses of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. nosil bě/bieše/by / byl jest nosil
future	Use the infinitive of nositi and the future tense of býti or less often present tense of the auxiliary verb chtieti or jmieti e.g. bude/chce/jmá nositi
future perfect	Use the l-participle of nositi and the future tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. bude nosil
present conditional	Use the l-participle of nositi and the perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. nosil by
past conditional	Use the l-participle of nositi and the perfect tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. byl by nosil
passive	Use the passive participle of nositi and the appropriate tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. nošenu býti, jest nošen, bude nošen
continuous	Use the nt-participle of nositi and the appropriate tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. jest nosě, bude nosě

Note: This table shows the most common forms of nositi around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: nosit

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “nositi”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nositi, iterative form of *nesti (“to carry, bring”), whence also nȅsti (“to lay eggs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǒsiti/
• Hyphenation: no‧si‧ti

Verb

nòsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling но̀сити)

1. (ambitransitive) to carry, bring
2. (transitive) to wear
3. (transitive) to produce, bear (fruit)
4. (reflexive) to cope with, to bear, to handle

Conjugation

Conjugation of nòsiti

infinitive		nòsiti
present verbal adverb		nȍsēći
past verbal adverb		nòsīvši
verbal noun		nȍšēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		nȍsīm	nȍsīš	nȍsī	nȍsīmo	nȍsīte	nȍsē
future	future I	nòsit ću1 nòsiću	nòsit ćeš1 nòsićeš	nòsit će1 nòsiće	nòsit ćemo1 nòsićemo	nòsit ćete1 nòsićete	nòsit ćē1 nòsićē
	future II	bȕdēm nòsio2	bȕdēš nòsio2	bȕdē nòsio2	bȕdēmo nòsili2	bȕdēte nòsili2	bȕdū nòsili2
past	perfect	nòsio sam2	nòsio si2	nòsio je2	nòsili smo2	nòsili ste2	nòsili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam nòsio2	bȉo si nòsio2	bȉo je nòsio2	bíli smo nòsili2	bíli ste nòsili2	bíli su nòsili2
	aorist	nòsih	nòsi	nòsi	nòsismo	nòsiste	nòsiše
	imperfect	nȍšāh	nȍšāše	nȍšāše	nȍšāsmo	nȍšāste	nȍšāhu
conditional	conditional I	nòsio bih2	nòsio bi2	nòsio bi2	nòsili bismo2	nòsili biste2	nòsili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih nòsio2	bȉo bi nòsio2	bȉo bi nòsio2	bíli bismo nòsili2	bíli biste nòsili2	bíli bi nòsili2
imperative		—	nòsi	—	nòsimo	nòsite	—
active past participle		nòsio m / nòsila f / nòsilo n			nòsili m / nòsile f / nòsila n
passive past participle		nȍšen m / nȍšena f / nȍšeno n			nȍšeni m / nȍšene f / nȍšena 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

• donòsiti
• doprinòsiti
• iznòsiti
• nadnòsiti
• nanòsiti
• obnòsiti
• odnòsiti
• podnòsiti
• prenòs
• prenòsiti
• prepoizodnòsiti
• preuznòsiti
• pridonòsiti
• prinòsiti
• pronòsiti
• raznòsiti
• sanòsiti
• snòsiti
• unòsiti
• uznòsiti
• zanòsiti

Related terms

• nȅsti impf
• nósati impf

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nositi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔsìːti/, /nɔsíːti/

Verb

nosīti impf

1. to carry

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive	nosīti
1st singular	nọ́sim
infinitive	nosīti			nósit
supine	nósit
verbal noun	nọ́šenje
	participle			converb
present	nosȅč			—
past	nọ́šen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	nósił		nosȋla		nosílo
dual	nosíla		nosíli		nosíli
plural	nosíli		nosíle		nosíla
	present			imperative
1st singular	nọ́sim			—
2nd singular	nọ́siš			nósi
3rd singular	nọ́si			—
1st dual	nọ́siva			nosȋva
2nd dual	nọ́sita			nosȋta
3rd dual	nọ́sita			—
1st plural	nọ́simo			nosȋmo
2nd plural	nọ́site			nosȋte
3rd plural	nọ́sijo			—

Derived terms

• nanosīti
• ponosīti
• raznosīti
• zanosīti
• znosīti

Further reading

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