Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
про̀славити pf (Latin spelling pròslaviti)
- (transitive) to celebrate (holiday, birthday etc.)
- (reflexive) to become famous
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.
Further reading
- “прославити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology
From про- (pro-) + сла́вити (slávyty). Compare Russian просла́вить (proslávitʹ), Belarusian прасла́віць (praslávicʹ).
Pronunciation
Verb
просла́вити • (proslávyty) pf (imperfective прославля́ти) (transitive)
- to glorify, to exalt (give glory or high praise to)
- Synonym: (rare) ви́хвалити pf (výxvalyty)
- to make glorious, to make illustrious, to make famous
Conjugation
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | просла́вити, просла́вить proslávyty, proslávytʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | просла́влений proslávlenyj impersonal: просла́влено proslávleno |
| adverbial | — | просла́вивши proslávyvšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | просла́влю proslávlju |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | просла́виш proslávyš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | просла́вить proslávytʹ |
| 1st plural ми |
— | просла́вим, просла́вимо proslávym, proslávymo |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | просла́вите proslávyte |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | просла́влять proslávljatʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | просла́вмо proslávmo |
| second-person | просла́в prosláv |
просла́вте proslávte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
просла́вив proslávyv |
просла́вили proslávyly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
просла́вила proslávyla | |
| neuter воно |
просла́вило proslávylo | |
Derived terms
- просла́витися impf (proslávytysja)
- просла́влення n (proslávlennja)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “прославити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “прославити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “прославити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “прославити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)