velim

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See also: velím and Velim

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

velim

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of volō
  2. I may wish, I may want, I would like

References[edit]

  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • convince yourself of this; rest assured on this point: velim tibi ita persuadeas

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velěti, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to wish).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʋěliːm/
  • Hyphenation: ve‧lim

Verb[edit]

vèlīm impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling вѐлӣм)

  1. (intransitive) to say, tell, state
    Kako se to veli na engleskom?How do you say that in English?

Usage notes[edit]

This verb is defective and has no infinitive form. Hypothetically, it would be either *veliti or *veljeti/*veleti depending on the dialect. Some dictionaries mention it as such; however, it has never been attested in spoken language.

This verb is only used in the present and imperfect.[1]

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Речник српскога језика, Матица српска, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • velim” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • velim”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 349