kapati

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Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkapaci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkapaci/

Verb

kapati impf

  1. to drip
    Synonyms: dščieti, dščíti, krápati, kvapati, skropievati
    Vždy kaṕú z ňeho krápě vodné.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: kapat

Further reading

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Borrowed from English cup of tea.

Noun

kapati

  1. tea

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâpati/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧pa‧ti

Verb

kȁpati impf (Cyrillic spelling ка̏пати)

  1. (intransitive) to drip, leak, run
    Synonym: curiti
  2. (intransitive) to drizzle, shower

Conjugation

Conjugation of kapati
infinitive kapati
present verbal adverb kȁpljūći / kȁpajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun kȁpānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present kapam / kapljem kapaš / kaplješ kapa / kaplje kapamo / kapljemo kapate / kapljete kapaju / kaplju
future future I kapat ću1
kapaću
kapat ćeš1
kapaćeš
kapat će1
kapaće
kapat ćemo1
kapaćemo
kapat ćete1
kapaćete
kapat ćē1
kapaće
future II bȕdēm kapao2 bȕdēš kapao2 bȕdē kapao2 bȕdēmo kapali2 bȕdēte kapali2 bȕdū kapali2
past perfect kapao sam2 kapao si2 kapao je2 kapali smo2 kapali ste2 kapali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam kapao2 bȉo si kapao2 bȉo je kapao2 bíli smo kapali2 bíli ste kapali2 bíli su kapali2
imperfect kapah kapaše kapaše kapasmo kapaste kapahu
conditional conditional I kapao bih2 kapao bi2 kapao bi2 kapali bismo2 kapali biste2 kapali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih kapao2 bȉo bi kapao2 bȉo bi kapao2 bíli bismo kapali2 bíli biste kapali2 bíli bi kapali2
imperative kapaj / kaplji kapajmo / kapljimo kapajte / kapljite
active past participle kapao m / kapala f / kapalo n kapali m / kapale f / kapala 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.

Further reading

  • kapati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kapati.

Pronunciation

Verb

kápati impf

  1. to drip
  2. to trickle

Conjugation

-ati -am (AP a)
infinitive kápati
1st singular kȃpam
infinitive kápati kápat
supine kápat
verbal noun kāpanje
participle converb
present kapajọ̄č kapȃje
past kȃpan
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular kápał kāpala kápalo
dual kápala kápali kápali
plural kápali kápale kápala
present imperative
1st singular kȃpam
2nd singular kȃpaš kápaj
3rd singular kȃpa
1st dual kȃpava kápajva
2nd dual kȃpata kápajta
3rd dual kȃpata
1st plural kȃpamo kápajmo
2nd plural kȃpate kápajte
3rd plural kȃpajo
-Cati -Cjem (AP a)
infinitive kápati
1st singular kȃpljem
infinitive kápati kápat
supine kápat
verbal noun kāpanje
participle converb
present kapljọ̄č kapȃje
past kȃpan
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular kápał kāpala kápalo
dual kápala kápali kápali
plural kápali kápale kápala
present imperative
1st singular kȃpljem
2nd singular kȃplješ káplji
3rd singular kȃplje
1st dual kȃpljeva kápljiva
2nd dual kȃpljeta kápljita
3rd dual kȃpljeta
1st plural kȃpljemo kápljimo
2nd plural kȃpljete kápljite
3rd plural kȃpljejo

Further reading

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