saviti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• savínuti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎʋiti/
• Hyphenation: sa‧vi‧ti

Verb

sàviti pf (Cyrillic spelling са̀вити)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to bend
2. (transitive, reflexive) to fold
3. (transitive, reflexive) to roll, curl

Conjugation

Conjugation of saviti

Infinitive: saviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: sàvīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		savijem	saviješ	savije	savijemo	savijete	saviju
Future	Future I	savit ću1 saviću	savit ćeš1 savićeš	savit će1 saviće	savit ćemo1 savićemo	savit ćete1 savićete	savit će1 saviće
	Future II	bȕdēm savio2	bȕdēš savio2	bȕdē savio2	bȕdēmo savili2	bȕdēte savili2	bȕdū savili2
Past	Perfect	savio sam2	savio si2	savio je2	savili smo2	savili ste2	savili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam savio2	bȉo si savio2	bȉo je savio2	bíli smo savili2	bíli ste savili2	bíli su savili2
	Aorist	savih	savi	savi	savismo	saviste	saviše
Conditional I		savio bih2	savio bi2	savio bi2	savili bismo2	savili biste2	savili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih savio2	bȉo bi savio2	bȉo bi savio2	bíli bismo savili2	bíli biste savili2	bíli bi savili2
Imperative		—	savij	—	savijmo	savijte	—
Active past participle		savio m / savila f / savilo n			savili m / savile f / savila n
Passive past participle		savijen / savit m / savijena / savita f / savijeno / savito n			savijeni / saviti m / savijene / savite f / savijena / savita 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

• viti
• savíjati impf

Further reading

• “saviti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024