božati

Slovene

A reduction of ubọ̑žati (“to call someone a pitiful man”), from ubọ̑g (“pitiful”).

bọ̑žati impf

(transitive) to stroke, to caress
Synonyms: bọ̑žkati, gláditi
(transitive, literary) to cause an enjoyable feeling
Sončni žarki so jo božali po licih. ― Sunrays have been shining on her cheeks.

Class III, accentual type I (accent is not directly before the endings), imperfective

Infinitive bọ̑žati (a-ti), l-participle bọ̑žał

l-participle
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)		bọ̑žati
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)		bọ̑žat
Supine		bọ̑žat
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bọ̑žał	bọ̑žala	bọ̑žalo
dual	bọ̑žala	bọ̑žali	bọ̑žali
plural	bọ̑žali	bọ̑žale	bọ̑žala
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	bọ̑žan	bọ̑žana	bọ̑žano
dual	bọ̑žana	bọ̑žani	bọ̑žani
plural	bọ̑žani	bọ̑žane	bọ̑žana
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial š-participle		–
True gerund		bọ̑žanje
Objectified gerund		–

Present stem bọ̑žam (a-m)