bežati

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běžàti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bēˀgjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷ-y-eh₂-ti, from *bʰegʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běʒati/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ža‧ti

Verb

bèžati impf (Cyrillic spelling бѐжати, perfective pòbeći)

  1. (intransitive) to flee, run away

Conjugation

Conjugation of bežati
Infinitive: bežati Present verbal adverb: bèžēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bèžānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bežim bežiš beži bežimo bežite beže
Future Future I bežat ću1
bežaću 		bežat ćeš1
bežaćeš 		bežat će1
bežaće 		bežat ćemo1
bežaćemo 		bežat ćete1
bežaćete 		bežat će1
bežaće
Future II bȕdēm bežao2 bȕdēš bežao2 bȕdē bežao2 bȕdēmo bežali2 bȕdēte bežali2 bȕdū bežali2
Past Perfect bežao sam2 bežao si2 bežao je2 bežali smo2 bežali ste2 bežali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bežao2 bȉo si bežao2 bȉo je bežao2 bíli smo bežali2 bíli ste bežali2 bíli su bežali2
Imperfect bežah bežaše bežaše bežasmo bežaste bežahu
Conditional I bežao bih2 bežao bi2 bežao bi2 bežali bismo2 bežali biste2 bežali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bežao2 bȉo bi bežao2 bȉo bi bežao2 bíli bismo bežali2 bíli biste bežali2 bíli bi bežali2
Imperative — beži — bežimo bežite —
Active past participle bežao m / bežala f / bežalo n bežali m / bežale f / bežala 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

Slovene

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *běžati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bēˀgjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷ-y-eh₂-ti, from *bʰegʷ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛʒàːti/
  • Hyphenation: be‧žá‧ti

Verb

bežáti impf

  1. (intransitive) to flee, run away
  2. (intransitive, literary) to move quickly
  3. (intransitive, usually in imperative mood) to go
    Synonym: īti
    Beži v posteljo, ura je že enajst.
    Go to bed, it is already eleven o'clock.
  4. (intransitive) to pass
    Čas beži, ti pa le posedaš.
    Time is passing, but you are only sitting around.

Conjugation

Class III, accentual type III (accent is directly before the endings), imperfective
Infinitive bežáti (a-ti), l-participle bẹ́žał, béžał
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) bežáti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) bẹ́žat, béžat
Supine bẹ́žat, béžat
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bẹ́žał, béžał, bežáł bežȃla bežálo
dual bežála bežáli bežáli
plural bežáli bežále bežála
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
adverbial š-participle –
True gerund bežȃnje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem bežím (i-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person bežím bežíva, bežíma bežímo
2nd person bežíš bežíta, bežísta bežíte, bežíste
3rd person beží bežíta, bežísta bežíjo, bežẹ́
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person [[bẹ́ži, béži]] bežȋva, bežȋma bežȋmo
2nd person bẹ́ži, béži bežȋta bežȋte
3rd person [[bẹ́ži, béži]] bežȋta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter , bežọ́ča
singular bežȅč, bežọ̄č bežẹ́ča, bežọ́ča bežẹ́če, bežọ́če
dual bežẹ́ča, bežọ́ča bežẹ́či, bežọ́či bežẹ́či, bežọ́či
plural bežẹ́či, bežọ́či bežẹ́če, bežọ́če bežẹ́ča, bežọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle bežȅč, bežẹ̄č, bežọ̄č
e-participle –
  • (obsolete)
Class III, accentual type IV (accent is not directly before infinitive ending and directly before present indicative endings), imperfective
Infinitive bẹ́žati (a-ti), l-participle bẹ́žał
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) bẹ́žati
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) bẹ́žat
Supine bẹ́žat
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular bẹ́žał bežȃla bežálo
dual bežála bežáli bežáli
plural bežáli bežále bežála
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
adverbial š-participle –
True gerund bẹ́žanje
Objectified gerund –
Present stem bežím (i-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person bežím bežíva, bežíma bežímo
2nd person bežíš bežíta, bežísta bežíte, bežíste
3rd person beží bežíta, bežísta bežíjo, bežẹ́
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person [[bẹ́ži, béži]] bežȋva, bežȋma bežȋmo
2nd person bẹ́ži, béži bežȋta bežȋte
3rd person [[bẹ́ži, béži]] bežȋta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter , bežọ́ča
singular bežȅč, bežọ̄č bežẹ́ča, bežọ́ča bežẹ́če, bežọ́če
dual bežẹ́ča, bežọ́ča bežẹ́či, bežọ́či bežẹ́či, bežọ́či
plural bežẹ́či, bežọ́či bežẹ́če, bežọ́če bežẹ́ča, bežọ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle bežȅč, bežẹ̄č, bežọ̄č
e-participle –

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “bežati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “bežati”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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