daviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *daviti (Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), Polish dławić).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǎːʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: da‧vi‧ti

Verb

dáviti impf (Cyrillic spelling да́вити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to choke, strangle
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to drown
  3. (transitive, informal) to annoy, to bother, to pester

Conjugation

Conjugation of daviti
infinitive daviti
present verbal adverb dávēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun dávljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present davim daviš davi davimo davite dave
future future I davit ću1
daviću
davit ćeš1
davićeš
davit će1
daviće
davit ćemo1
davićemo
davit ćete1
davićete
davit ćē1
daviće
future II bȕdēm davio2 bȕdēš davio2 bȕdē davio2 bȕdēmo davili2 bȕdēte davili2 bȕdū davili2
past perfect davio sam2 davio si2 davio je2 davili smo2 davili ste2 davili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam davio2 bȉo si davio2 bȉo je davio2 bíli smo davili2 bíli ste davili2 bíli su davili2
imperfect davljah davljaše davljaše davljasmo davljaste davljahu
conditional conditional I davio bih2 davio bi2 davio bi2 davili bismo2 davili biste2 davili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih davio2 bȉo bi davio2 bȉo bi davio2 bíli bismo davili2 bíli biste davili2 bíli bi davili2
imperative davi davimo davite
active past participle davio m / davila f / davilo n davili m / davile f / davila n
passive past participle davljen m / davljena f / davljeno n davljeni m / davljene f / davljena 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

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