махати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎːxati/
  • Hyphenation: ма‧ха‧ти

Verb

ма́хати impf (Latin spelling máhati)

  1. (intransitive, with dative) to wave (with arm, tail, wing etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of махати
infinitive махати
present verbal adverb ма́шӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ма́ха̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present машем машеш маше машемо машете машу
future future I махат ћу1
махаћу
махат ћеш1
махаћеш
махат ће1
махаће
махат ћемо1
махаћемо
махат ћете1
махаћете
махат ћē1
махаће
future II бу̏де̄м махао2 бу̏де̄ш махао2 бу̏де̄ махао2 бу̏де̄мо махали2 бу̏де̄те махали2 бу̏дӯ махали2
past perfect махао сам2 махао си2 махао је2 махали смо2 махали сте2 махали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам махао2 би̏о си махао2 би̏о је махао2 би́ли смо махали2 би́ли сте махали2 би́ли су махали2
imperfect махах махаше махаше махасмо махасте махаху
conditional conditional I махао бих2 махао би2 махао би2 махали бисмо2 махали бисте2 махали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих махао2 би̏о би махао2 би̏о би махао2 би́ли бисмо махали2 би́ли бисте махали2 би́ли би махали2
imperative маши машимо машите
active past participle махао m / махала f / махало n махали m / махале f / махала 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.

Further reading

  • махати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *māxàti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

маха́ти (maxátyimpf (perfective махну́ти or помаха́ти) (intransitive, with instrumental case)

  1. to flap
  2. to wave
  3. to brandish

Conjugation

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