dedovati

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Slovene

Etymology

From dẹ̑d (“grandfather, ancestor”) +‎ -ovati, because it used to be the norm that the oldest man would inherit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛdɔʋàːti/, /dèːdɔʋati/, /déːdɔʋati/
  • Hyphenation: de‧do‧va‧ti

Verb

dedováti or dẹ̄dovati impf

  1. to inherit

Inflection

-ovati -ujem (AP b or both)
infinitive dedováti, dẹ̄dovati
1st singular dedȗjem, dẹ̄dujem
infinitive dedováti, dẹ̄dovati dedovat
supine dedovȁt, dẹ̄dovat
verbal noun dedovȃnje, dẹ̄dovanje
participle converb
present dedujọ̄č dedovȃje
past dedován, dẹ̄dovan —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular dedovȁł, dẹ̄dovał dedovȃla, dẹ̄dovala dedoválo, dẹ̄dovalo
dual dedovála, dẹ̄dovala dedováli, dẹ̄dovali dedováli, dẹ̄dovali
plural dedováli, dẹ̄dovali dedovále, dẹ̄dovale dedovála, dẹ̄dovala
present imperative
1st singular dedȗjem, dẹ̄dujem —
2nd singular dedȗješ, dẹ̄duješ dedȗj, dẹ̄duj
3rd singular dedȗje, dẹ̄duje —
1st dual dedȗjeva, dẹ̄dujeva dedȗjva, dẹ̄dujva
2nd dual dedȗjeta, dẹ̄dujeta dedȗjta, dẹ̄dujta
3rd dual dedȗjeta, dẹ̄dujeta —
1st plural dedȗjemo, dẹ̄dujemo dedȗjmo, dẹ̄dujmo
2nd plural dedȗjete, dẹ̄dujete dedȗjte, dẹ̄dujte
3rd plural dedȗjejo, dẹ̄dujejo —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dedovati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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