послужити
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
послу́жити pf (Latin spelling poslúžiti)
- (transitive) to serve, be of use (guests, purpose etc.)
- (reflexive) to make use of, use, utilise
- (reflexive) to help oneself
Conjugation
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.
Related terms
- послужи́вати impf
Further reading
- “послужити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology
From по- (po-) + служи́ти (služýty). Compare Russian послужи́ть (poslužítʹ), Belarusian паслужы́ць (paslužýcʹ), Polish posłużyć.
Pronunciation
Verb
послужи́ти • (poslužýty) pf (imperfective служи́ти)
- (intransitive with dative case) to serve (for some time)
Conjugation
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | послужи́ти, послужи́ть poslužýty, poslužýtʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | — |
| adverbial | — | послужи́вши poslužývšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | послужу́ poslužú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | послу́жиш poslúžyš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | послу́жить poslúžytʹ |
| 1st plural ми |
— | послу́жим, послу́жимо poslúžym, poslúžymo |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | послу́жите poslúžyte |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | послу́жать poslúžatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | послужі́м, послужі́мо poslužím, poslužímo |
| second-person | послужи́ poslužý |
послужі́ть poslužítʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
послужи́в poslužýv |
послужи́ли poslužýly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
послужи́ла poslužýla | |
| neuter воно |
послужи́ло poslužýlo | |
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “послужити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “послужити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “послужити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “послужити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “послужити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “послужити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)