zvati

zvati

See also: zváti and žváti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

    From Proto-Slavic *zъvati, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH-.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /zʋâti/
    • Hyphenation: zva‧ti

    Verb

    zvȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зва̏ти)

    1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to call, to be called
      Kako se zoveš? Zovem se Petar.What is your name? My name is Peter. (literally, “What do you call yourself? I call myself Peter.”)
      Da je (moja) baba muško, zvala bi se Duško.If my grandmother were a man, she would be called Duško. (a rhyming expression about impossible conditions)
    2. (ambitransitive) to summon
    3. (ambitransitive) to call, invite (as a guest, or on the phone)
      zvati na telefonto call on the phone
      Ne zovi meDon't Call me (song by Vlado Georgiev)
    4. (ambitransitive, colloquial) to decide, call
      Meni je svejedno, ti zovi kuda idemo na kraju.
      It's all the same to me, you decide where we are going in the end.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of zvati
    infinitive zvati
    present verbal adverb zòvūći
    past verbal adverb zvȃvši
    verbal noun zvánje
    singular plural
    1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    present zòvēm zòvēš zòvē zovémo zovéte zòvū
    future future I zvȁt ću1
    zvȁću
    zvȁt ćeš1
    zvȁćeš
    zvȁt će1
    zvȁće
    zvȁt ćemo1
    zvȁćemo
    zvȁt ćete1
    zvȁćete
    zvȁt ćē1
    zvȁćē
    future II bȕdēm zvȁo2 bȕdēš zvȁo2 bȕdē zvȁo2 bȕdēmo zváli2 bȕdēte zváli2 bȕdū zváli2
    past perfect zvȁo sam2 zvȁo si2 zvȁo je2 zváli smo2 zváli ste2 zváli su2
    pluperfect3 bȉo sam zvȁo2 bȉo si zvȁo2 bȉo je zvȁo2 bíli smo zváli2 bíli ste zváli2 bíli su zváli2
    aorist zvȁh zvȁ zvȁ zvȁsmo zvȁste zvȁše
    imperfect zvȃh / zòvijāh zvȃše / zòvijāše zvȃše / zòvijāše zvȃsmo / zòvijāsmo zvȃste / zòvijāste zvȃhu / zòvijāhu
    conditional conditional I zvȁo bih2 zvȁo bi2 zvȁo bi2 zváli bismo2 zváli biste2 zváli bi2
    conditional II4 bȉo bih zvȁo2 bȉo bi zvȁo2 bȉo bi zvȁo2 bíli bismo zváli2 bíli biste zváli2 bíli bi zváli2
    imperative zòvi zòvimo zòvite
    active past participle zvȁo m / zvála f / zválo n zváli m / zvále f / zvála n
    passive past participle zvȃn m / zvȃna f / zvȃno n zvȃni m / zvȃne f / zvȃna 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

    Further reading

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

    Slovene

    Etymology

      First attested in the 16th century.

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъvati.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /zʋàːti/

      Verb

      zváti impf

      1. to call
      2. to call, to name

      Conjugation

      infinitive zváti
      1st singular zóvem
      infinitive zváti zvȁt
      supine zvȃt
      verbal noun zvānje
      participle converb
      present
      past zván
      l-participle masculine feminine neuter
      singular zvȃł zvála zvȃlo
      dual zvȃla zvȃli zvȃli
      plural zvȃli zvȃle zvȃla
      present imperative
      1st singular zóvem
      2nd singular zóveš zóvi
      3rd singular zóve
      1st dual zóveva zovȋva
      2nd dual zóveta zovȋta
      3rd dual zóveta
      1st plural zóvemo zovȋmo
      2nd plural zóvete zovȋte
      3rd plural zóvejo

      Derived terms

      Further reading

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