зибати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zybati (Russian зыба́ть (zybátʹ), Czech zybat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǐːbati/
  • Hyphenation: зи‧ба‧ти

Verb

зи́бати impf (Latin spelling zíbati)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to rock (move gently back and forth, usually a child)

Conjugation

Conjugation of зибати
Infinitive: зибати Present verbal adverb: зи́бајӯћи/зи́бљӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: зи́ба̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present зибам зибаш зиба зибамо зибате зибају
Future Future I зибат ћу1
зибаћу 		зибат ћеш1
зибаћеш 		зибат ће1
зибаће 		зибат ћемо1
зибаћемо 		зибат ћете1
зибаћете 		зибат ће1
зибаће
Future II бу̏де̄м зибао2 бу̏де̄ш зибао2 бу̏де̄ зибао2 бу̏де̄мо зибали2 бу̏де̄те зибали2 бу̏дӯ зибали2
Past Perfect зибао сам2 зибао си2 зибао је2 зибали смо2 зибали сте2 зибали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам зибао2 би̏о си зибао2 би̏о је зибао2 би́ли смо зибали2 би́ли сте зибали2 би́ли су зибали2
Imperfect зибах зибаше зибаше зибасмо зибасте зибаху
Conditional I зибао бих2 зибао би2 зибао би2 зибали бисмо2 зибали бисте2 зибали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих зибао2 би̏о би зибао2 би̏о би зибао2 би́ли бисмо зибали2 би́ли бисте зибали2 би́ли би зибали2
Imperative — зибај — зибајмо зибајте —
Active past participle зибао m / зибала f / зибало n зибали m / зибале f / зибала n
Passive past participle зибан m / зибана f / зибано n зибани m / зибане f / зибана 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

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