blejati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *blějati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blěːjati/
  • Hyphenation: ble‧ja‧ti

Verb

bléjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бле́јати)

  1. (intransitive) to bleat, baa (to sound like a sheep or lambs)
  2. (derogatory, intransitive) to gape at, stand agape

Conjugation

Conjugation of blejati
infinitive blejati
present verbal adverb bléjēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bléjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present blejim blejiš bleji blejimo blejite bleje
future future I blejat ću1
blejaću
blejat ćeš1
blejaćeš
blejat će1
blejaće
blejat ćemo1
blejaćemo
blejat ćete1
blejaćete
blejat ćē1
blejaće
future II bȕdēm blejao2 bȕdēš blejao2 bȕdē blejao2 bȕdēmo blejali2 bȕdēte blejali2 bȕdū blejali2
past perfect blejao sam2 blejao si2 blejao je2 blejali smo2 blejali ste2 blejali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam blejao2 bȉo si blejao2 bȉo je blejao2 bíli smo blejali2 bíli ste blejali2 bíli su blejali2
imperfect blejah blejaše blejaše blejasmo blejaste blejahu
conditional conditional I blejao bih2 blejao bi2 blejao bi2 blejali bismo2 blejali biste2 blejali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih blejao2 bȉo bi blejao2 bȉo bi blejao2 bíli bismo blejali2 bíli biste blejali2 bíli bi blejali2
imperative bleji blejimo blejite
active past participle blejao m / blejala f / blejalo n blejali m / blejale f / blejala 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.

References

  • blejati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025