klecati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klękati.

Pronunciation

Verb

klȅcati impf (Cyrillic spelling кле̏цати)

  1. (intransitive) to lose one's balance in the knees while walking; to totter
    • 1846, Ivan Mažuranić, Smrt Smail-age Čengića:
      Šušne l' gdjegod pokraj puta guja,
      Il rujeva ispod grma zeče,
      Tad on, negda ljući guje ljute,
      Malne zeca plašljiviji kleca.
      Misli jadan da je gorski vuče,
      Il još gori brđanski hajduče,
      Ter se boji gdje će poginuti,
      A ne stiže što mu srce muti.
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    • 1879, August Šenoa, Prosjak luka:
      Noge su mu doduše silno klecale, glava mu je klimala kao makovica o vjetru, a i put mu je danas nekako pretijesan bio, jer je hodio na same uglove, al' se sretno dovukao do mjesta gdje se razilaze dva poljska puta.
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    • 1907, Janko Polić Kamov, Ištipana hartija:
      A ja ću onda naći u dronjcima savita pleća:
      čo'eka, što je klonuo negdje ko gladna vreća,
      što zub vremena rupe joj ruje, prazni i toči
      ko da su ono nečije šupe, ispite oči,
      a ona sve se svija i kleca i čudno mrsti
      ko psujuć prošlost, kad su je pleli nesretni prsti.
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    • 1922, Ulderiko Donadini, Bauk:
      Osjetio sam kako mi noge klecaju.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of klecati
Infinitive: klecati Present verbal adverb: klȅcajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: klȅcānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present klecam klecaš kleca klecamo klecate klecaju
Future Future I klecat ću1
klecaću 		klecat ćeš1
klecaćeš 		klecat će1
klecaće 		klecat ćemo1
klecaćemo 		klecat ćete1
klecaćete 		klecat će1
klecaće
Future II bȕdēm klecao2 bȕdēš klecao2 bȕdē klecao2 bȕdēmo klecali2 bȕdēte klecali2 bȕdū klecali2
Past Perfect klecao sam2 klecao si2 klecao je2 klecali smo2 klecali ste2 klecali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam klecao2 bȉo si klecao2 bȉo je klecao2 bíli smo klecali2 bíli ste klecali2 bíli su klecali2
Imperfect klecah klecaše klecaše klecasmo klecaste klecahu
Conditional I klecao bih2 klecao bi2 klecao bi2 klecali bismo2 klecali biste2 klecali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih klecao2 bȉo bi klecao2 bȉo bi klecao2 bíli bismo klecali2 bíli biste klecali2 bíli bi klecali2
Imperative — klecaj — klecajmo klecajte —
Active past participle klecao m / klecala f / klecalo n klecali m / klecale f / klecala n
Passive past participle klecan m / klecana f / klecano n klecani m / klecane f / klecana 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

  • “klecati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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