žeti

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See also: zeti and žetí

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žęti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, kill”). First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒêti/
  • Hyphenation: že‧ti

Verb

žȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling же̏ти)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to reap, harvest (to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works)
    Kako siješ tako ćeš i žeti. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of žeti
Infinitive: žeti Present verbal adverb: žànjūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present žanjem / žnjem žanješ / žnješ žanje / žnje žanjemo / žnjemo žanjete / žnjete žanju / žnju
Future Future I žet ću1
žeću 		žet ćeš1
žećeš 		žet će1
žeće 		žet ćemo1
žećemo 		žet ćete1
žećete 		žet će1
žeće
Future II bȕdēm žeo/žnjeo2 bȕdēš žeo/žnjeo2 bȕdē žeo/žnjeo2 bȕdēmo želi/žnjeli2 bȕdēte želi/žnjeli2 bȕdū želi/žnjeli2
Past Perfect žeo/žnjeo sam2 žeo/žnjeo si2 žeo/žnjeo je2 želi/žnjeli smo2 želi/žnjeli ste2 želi/žnjeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam žeo/žnjeo2 bȉo si žeo/žnjeo2 bȉo je žeo/žnjeo2 bíli smo želi/žnjeli2 bíli ste želi/žnjeli2 bíli su želi/žnjeli2
Imperfect žanjah / žnjah žanjaše / žnjaše žanjaše / žnjaše žanjasmo / žnjasmo žanjaste / žnjaste žanjahu / žnjahu
Conditional I žeo/žnjeo bih2 žeo/žnjeo bi2 žeo/žnjeo bi2 želi/žnjeli bismo2 želi/žnjeli biste2 želi/žnjeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih žeo/žnjeo2 bȉo bi žeo/žnjeo2 bȉo bi žeo/žnjeo2 bíli bismo želi/žnjeli2 bíli biste želi/žnjeli2 bíli bi želi/žnjeli2
Imperative — žanji / žnji — žanjimo / žnjimo žanjite / žnjite —
Active past participle žeo/žnjeo m / žela/žnjela f / želo/žnjelo n želi/žnjeli m / žele/žnjele f / žela/žnjela n
Passive past participle žnjeven / žet m / žnjevena / žeta f / žnjeveno / žeto n žnjeveni / žeti m / žnjevene / žete f / žnjevena / žeta 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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “žeti”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 619

Further reading

  • “žeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *žęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, kill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒèːti/
  • Hyphenation: žé‧ti

Verb

žẹ́ti impf

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to reap, harvest (to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works)
Inflection
Sonorant + -ti -(j)em
infinitive žẹ́ti
1st singular žánjem
infinitive žẹ́ti žȅt, žẹ̑t
supine žȅt, žẹ̑t
verbal noun žẹ̑tje
participle converb
present žanjọ̄č —
past žẹ̑t —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular žȅł, žẹ̑ł žẹ̄la žẹ̄lo
dual žẹ̄la žẹ̄li žẹ̄li
plural žẹ̄li žẹ̄le žẹ̄la
present imperative
1st singular žánjem —
2nd singular žánješ žánji
3rd singular žánje —
1st dual žánjeva žánjiva
2nd dual žánjeta žánjita
3rd dual žánjeta —
1st plural žánjemo žánjimo
2nd plural žánjete žánjite
3rd plural žánjejo —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *žęti.

Pronunciation

Verb

žẹ́ti impf (rare)

  1. Synonym of ožẹ̑mati
Inflection
Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c)
infinitive žẹ́ti
1st singular žmȅm, žámem
infinitive žẹ́ti žȅt, žẹ̑t
supine žȅt, žẹ̑t
verbal noun žẹ̑tje
participle converb
present — —
past žẹ̑t —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular žẹ̑ł žẹ́la žẹ̑lo
dual žẹ̑la žẹ̑li žẹ̑li
plural žẹ̑li žẹ̑le žẹ̑la
present imperative
1st singular žmȅm, žámem —
2nd singular žmȅš, žámeš žmȉ, žémi
3rd singular žmȅ, žáme —
1st dual žméva, žámeva žmȋva, žemȋva
2nd dual žméta, žámeta žmȋta, žemȋta
3rd dual žméta, žámeta —
1st plural žmémo, žámemo žmȋmo, žemȋmo
2nd plural žméte, žámete žmȋte, žemȋte
3rd plural žméjo, žámejo —
Derived terms

Further reading

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