sevati

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

sevati

  1. indulge in, pursue

Derived terms

  • nisevati
  • paṭisevati
  • saṃsevati
  • upasevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěvati. Akin to Slovene sevati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sěːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: se‧va‧ti

Verb

sévati impf (Cyrillic spelling се́вати)

  1. (intransitive) to flash, to light up (chiefly referring to thunder)
    s(ij)eva(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    munje s(ij)evaju(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (intransitive) to twinkle, shimmer, blink
    noževi su s(ij)evali(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (intransitive) to move rapidly (of a punch)
    šaka je s(ij)evnula(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sevati
infinitive sevati
present verbal adverb sévajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun sévānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present sevam sevaš seva sevamo sevate sevaju
future future I sevat ću1
sevaću
sevat ćeš1
sevaćeš
sevat će1
sevaće
sevat ćemo1
sevaćemo
sevat ćete1
sevaćete
sevat ćē1
sevaće
future II bȕdēm sevao2 bȕdēš sevao2 bȕdē sevao2 bȕdēmo sevali2 bȕdēte sevali2 bȕdū sevali2
past perfect sevao sam2 sevao si2 sevao je2 sevali smo2 sevali ste2 sevali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam sevao2 bȉo si sevao2 bȉo je sevao2 bíli smo sevali2 bíli ste sevali2 bíli su sevali2
imperfect sevah sevaše sevaše sevasmo sevaste sevahu
conditional conditional I sevao bih2 sevao bi2 sevao bi2 sevali bismo2 sevali biste2 sevali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih sevao2 bȉo bi sevao2 bȉo bi sevao2 bíli bismo sevali2 bíli biste sevali2 bíli bi sevali2
imperative sevaj sevajmo sevajte
active past participle sevao m / sevala f / sevalo n sevali m / sevale f / sevala 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

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