poviti

Old Czech

Etymology

From po- +‎ víti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpoʋici/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpovici/

Verb

poviti pf (imperfective povíjěti)

  1. to wrap
  2. to give birth

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Czech: povít

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ viti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧vi‧ti

Verb

pòviti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вити)

  1. (transitive) to bend
  2. (transitive) to dress, bandage (wound)
  3. (transitive) to diaper (put diapers on someone)
  4. (reflexive, disapprovingly) to conform, adjust (of a person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of poviti
infinitive poviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pòvīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present povijem poviješ povije povijemo povijete poviju
future future I povit ću1
poviću
povit ćeš1
povićeš
povit će1
poviće
povit ćemo1
povićemo
povit ćete1
povićete
povit ćē1
poviće
future II bȕdēm povio2 bȕdēš povio2 bȕdē povio2 bȕdēmo povili2 bȕdēte povili2 bȕdū povili2
past perfect povio sam2 povio si2 povio je2 povili smo2 povili ste2 povili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam povio2 bȉo si povio2 bȉo je povio2 bíli smo povili2 bíli ste povili2 bíli su povili2
aorist povih povi povi povismo poviste poviše
conditional conditional I povio bih2 povio bi2 povio bi2 povili bismo2 povili biste2 povili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih povio2 bȉo bi povio2 bȉo bi povio2 bíli bismo povili2 bíli biste povili2 bíli bi povili2
imperative povij povijmo povijte
active past participle povio m / povila f / povilo n povili m / povile f / povila n
passive past participle povijen / povit m / povijena / povita f / povijeno / povito n povijeni / poviti m / povijene / povite f / povijena / povita 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

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