тепати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teti (“to beat”). Akin to те̏псти.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /têpati/
  • Hyphenation: те‧па‧ти

Verb

те̏пати impf (Latin spelling tȅpati)

  1. (intransitive) to babble (of a baby)
  2. (intransitive, with dative) to use baby talk, coo
  3. (reflexive, Torlakian) to fight
    • 2005, Кулин Бан, Жали, Заре, да жалимо:
      па ће пређем Вардар воду, Вардар воду бьш голему, / ће се тепам с тија Турци, с тија Турци Арнаути.
      then I will cross the Vardar water, the Vardar water truly wide, / I will fight with those Turks, with those Turk Arnauts.

Conjugation

Conjugation of тепати
Infinitive: тепати Present verbal adverb: те̏пајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: те̏па̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present тепам тепаш тепа тепамо тепате тепају
Future Future I тепат ћу1
тепаћу 		тепат ћеш1
тепаћеш 		тепат ће1
тепаће 		тепат ћемо1
тепаћемо 		тепат ћете1
тепаћете 		тепат ће1
тепаће
Future II бу̏де̄м тепао2 бу̏де̄ш тепао2 бу̏де̄ тепао2 бу̏де̄мо тепали2 бу̏де̄те тепали2 бу̏дӯ тепали2
Past Perfect тепао сам2 тепао си2 тепао је2 тепали смо2 тепали сте2 тепали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам тепао2 би̏о си тепао2 би̏о је тепао2 би́ли смо тепали2 би́ли сте тепали2 би́ли су тепали2
Imperfect тепах тепаше тепаше тепасмо тепасте тепаху
Conditional I тепао бих2 тепао би2 тепао би2 тепали бисмо2 тепали бисте2 тепали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих тепао2 би̏о би тепао2 би̏о би тепао2 би́ли бисмо тепали2 би́ли бисте тепали2 би́ли би тепали2
Imperative — тепај — тепајмо тепајте —
Active past participle тепао m / тепала f / тепало n тепали m / тепале f / тепала 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

  • “тепати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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