reći

See also: reci, reči, řeči, řečí, rècí, and Reçi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *reťi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rêt͡ɕi/
Hyphenation: re‧ći

Verb

rȅći pf (Cyrillic spelling ре̏ћи)

(ambitransitive) to say
Synonyms: govoriti, kazati

Dosta je rečeno! Resultat je jasan. ― Enough has been said. The result is clear.

Reci ne ili da ― Say No or Yes (song by Vlado Georgiev)
(ambitransitive) to tell
Reci mi da znam ― Tell me so that I Know (song by Vlado Georgiev)
(ambitransitive) to utter

Usage notes

The present tense forms of rȅći are not widely used in the modern-day language other than in Montenegro; the verb kázati is recommended as a substitute instead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *reći*
		singular			plural
infinitive		reći
present verbal adverb		rȅkūći
past verbal adverb		rèkāvši
verbal noun		—

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		rȅknēm / rȅčēm	rȅknēš / rȅčēš	rȅknē / rȅčē	rȅknēmo / rȅčēmo	rȅknēte / rȅčēte	rȅknū / rȅčū
future	future I	rȅći ću	rȅći ćeš	rȅći će	rȅći ćemo	rȅći ćete	rȅći ćē
future	future II	bȕdēm rȅkao²	bȕdēš rȅkao²	bȕdē rȅkao²	bȕdēmo rȅkli²	bȕdēte rȅkli²	bȕdū rȅkli²
past	perfect	rȅkao sam²	rȅkao si²	rȅkao je²	rȅkli smo²	rȅkli ste²	rȅkli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam rȅkao²	bȉo si rȅkao²	bȉo je rȅkao²	bíli smo rȅkli²	bíli ste rȅkli²	bíli su rȅkli²
	aorist	rèkoh	rȅče	rȅče	rèkosmo	rèkoste	rèkoše
conditional	conditional I	rȅkao bih²	rȅkao bi²	rȅkao bi²	rȅkli bismo²	rȅkli biste²	rȅkli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih rȅkao²	bȉo bi rȅkao²	bȉo bi rȅkao²	bíli bismo rȅkli²	bíli biste rȅkli²	bíli bi rȅkli²
imperative		—	rekni / rèci	—	reknimo / rècimo	reknite / rècite	—
active past participle		rȅkao m / rȅkla f / rȅklo n			rȅkli m / rȅkle f / rȅkla n
passive past participle		rèčen m / rečèna f / rečèno n			rečèni m / rečène f / rečèna 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.

Synonyms

(Croatia) rijeti

Derived terms

References

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