мотати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *motati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǒtati/
  • Hyphenation: мо‧та‧ти

Verb

мо̀тати impf (Latin spelling mòtati)

  1. (transitive) to wind up, roll up
  2. (transitive) to wrap
  3. (reflexive) to whirl, spin

Conjugation

Conjugation of мотати
infinitive мотати
present verbal adverb мо̀тајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun мо̀та̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present мотам моташ мота мотамо мотате мотају
future future I мотат ћу1
мотаћу
мотат ћеш1
мотаћеш
мотат ће1
мотаће
мотат ћемо1
мотаћемо
мотат ћете1
мотаћете
мотат ћē1
мотаће
future II бу̏де̄м мотао2 бу̏де̄ш мотао2 бу̏де̄ мотао2 бу̏де̄мо мотали2 бу̏де̄те мотали2 бу̏дӯ мотали2
past perfect мотао сам2 мотао си2 мотао је2 мотали смо2 мотали сте2 мотали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам мотао2 би̏о си мотао2 би̏о је мотао2 би́ли смо мотали2 би́ли сте мотали2 би́ли су мотали2
imperfect мотах моташе моташе мотасмо мотасте мотаху
conditional conditional I мотао бих2 мотао би2 мотао би2 мотали бисмо2 мотали бисте2 мотали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих мотао2 би̏о би мотао2 би̏о би мотао2 би́ли бисмо мотали2 би́ли бисте мотали2 би́ли би мотали2
imperative мотај мотајмо мотајте
active past participle мотао m / мотала f / мотало n мотали m / мотале f / мотала n
passive past participle мотан m / мотана f / мотано n мотани m / мотане f / мотана 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

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *motati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

мота́ти (motátyimpf (perfective мотну́ти)

  1. (transitive) to reel, to wind, to roll, to wrap
  2. (intransitive) to swing, to shake, to wave
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to run
  4. (transitive, colloquial) to squander, to waste
  5. (transitive, slang) to do, to serve (time in prison)

Conjugation

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