slabiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Cognate with Pannonian Rusyn слабиц (slabic).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slâbiti/
• Hyphenation: sla‧bi‧ti

Verb

slȁbiti impf (Cyrillic spelling сла̏бити)

1. (transitive) to debilitate, weaken, enfeeble
2. (transitive) to relax, ease
3. (intransitive) to grow/become weak

Conjugation

Conjugation of slabiti

Infinitive: slabiti		Present verbal adverb: slȁbēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: slȁbljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		slabim	slabiš	slabi	slabimo	slabite	slabe
Future	Future I	slabit ću1 slabiću	slabit ćeš1 slabićeš	slabit će1 slabiće	slabit ćemo1 slabićemo	slabit ćete1 slabićete	slabit će1 slabiće
	Future II	bȕdēm slabio2	bȕdēš slabio2	bȕdē slabio2	bȕdēmo slabili2	bȕdēte slabili2	bȕdū slabili2
Past	Perfect	slabio sam2	slabio si2	slabio je2	slabili smo2	slabili ste2	slabili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam slabio2	bȉo si slabio2	bȉo je slabio2	bíli smo slabili2	bíli ste slabili2	bíli su slabili2
	Imperfect	slabljah	slabljaše	slabljaše	slabljasmo	slabljaste	slabljahu
Conditional I		slabio bih2	slabio bi2	slabio bi2	slabili bismo2	slabili biste2	slabili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih slabio2	bȉo bi slabio2	bȉo bi slabio2	bíli bismo slabili2	bíli biste slabili2	bíli bi slabili2
Imperative		—	slabi	—	slabimo	slabite	—
Active past participle		slabio m / slabila f / slabilo n			slabili m / slabile f / slabila n
Passive past participle		slabljen m / slabljena f / slabljeno n			slabljeni m / slabljene f / slabljena 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

• òslabiti