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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See kòsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒːsiti/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧si‧ti

Verb

kósiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко́сити)

  1. (transitive) to mow, reap
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to mow down, kill (of wind, war, disease, death)
Conjugation
Conjugation of kositi
Infinitive: kositi Present verbal adverb: kóseći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: kóšēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present kosim kosiš kosi kosimo kosite kose
Future Future I kosit ću1
kosiću 		kosit ćeš1
kosićeš 		kosit će1
kosiće 		kosit ćemo1
kosićemo 		kosit ćete1
kosićete 		kosit će1
kosiće
Future II bȕdēm kosio2 bȕdēš kosio2 bȕdē kosio2 bȕdēmo kosili2 bȕdēte kosili2 bȕdū kosili2
Past Perfect kosio sam2 kosio si2 kosio je2 kosili smo2 kosili ste2 kosili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam kosio2 bȉo si kosio2 bȉo je kosio2 bíli smo kosili2 bíli ste kosili2 bíli su kosili2
Imperfect košah košaše košaše košasmo košaste košahu
Conditional I kosio bih2 kosio bi2 kosio bi2 kosili bismo2 kosili biste2 kosili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih kosio2 bȉo bi kosio2 bȉo bi kosio2 bíli bismo kosili2 bíli biste kosili2 bíli bi kosili2
Imperative — kosi — kosimo kosite —
Active past participle kosio m / kosila f / kosilo n kosili m / kosile f / kosila 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

Etymology 2

See kȏs (“slanted”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒːsiti/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧si‧ti

Verb

kósiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ко́сити)

  1. (reflexive) to collide, crash (of principles, interests, statements, ideas etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of kositi
Infinitive: kositi Present verbal adverb: kóseći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: kóšēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present kosim kosiš kosi kosimo kosite kose
Future Future I kosit ću1
kosiću 		kosit ćeš1
kosićeš 		kosit će1
kosiće 		kosit ćemo1
kosićemo 		kosit ćete1
kosićete 		kosit će1
kosiće
Future II bȕdēm kosio2 bȕdēš kosio2 bȕdē kosio2 bȕdēmo kosili2 bȕdēte kosili2 bȕdū kosili2
Past Perfect kosio sam2 kosio si2 kosio je2 kosili smo2 kosili ste2 kosili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam kosio2 bȉo si kosio2 bȉo je kosio2 bíli smo kosili2 bíli ste kosili2 bíli su kosili2
Imperfect košah košaše košaše košasmo košaste košahu
Conditional I kosio bih2 kosio bi2 kosio bi2 kosili bismo2 kosili biste2 kosili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih kosio2 bȉo bi kosio2 bȉo bi kosio2 bíli bismo kosili2 bíli biste kosili2 bíli bi kosili2
Imperative — kosi — kosimo kosite —
Active past participle kosio m / kosila f / kosilo n kosili m / kosile f / kosila 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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kǫsiti.

Pronunciation

Verb

kọ́siti impf

  1. to eat lunch
Inflection
-iti -im (acute)
infinitive kọ́siti
1st singular kọ́sim
infinitive kọ́siti kọ́sit
supine kọ́sit
verbal noun —
participle converb
present kosȅč —
past — —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular kọ́sił kọ́sila kọ́silo
dual kọ́sila kọ́sili kọ́sili
plural kọ́sili kọ́sile kọ́sila
present imperative
1st singular kọ́sim —
2nd singular kọ́siš kọ́si
3rd singular kọ́si —
1st dual kọ́siva kọ́siva
2nd dual kọ́sita kọ́sita
3rd dual kọ́sita —
1st plural kọ́simo kọ́simo
2nd plural kọ́site kọ́site
3rd plural kọ́sijo —
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From kósa +‎ -iti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔsìːti/, /kɔsíːti/

Verb

kosīti impf

  1. to mow, to scythe
Inflection
-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive kosīti
1st singular kosím
infinitive kosīti kosȋt, kosȉt
supine kosȋt
verbal noun košénje
participle converb
present kosȅč —
past košȅn —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular kosȋł kosíla kosȋlo
dual kosȋla kosȋli kosȋli
plural kosȋli kosȋle kosȋla
present imperative
1st singular kosím —
2nd singular kosíš kósi
3rd singular kosí —
1st dual kosíva kosȋva
2nd dual kosíta kosȋta
3rd dual kosíta —
1st plural kosímo kosȋmo
2nd plural kosíte kosȋte
3rd plural kosíjo —
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kositi”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
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