lagati

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लगति (lagati).

Verb

lagati

  1. to adhere, to stick, to cling

Synonyms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lъgati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǎɡati/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ga‧ti

Verb

làgati impf (Cyrillic spelling ла̀гати)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to lie (when with an object, followed by a dative in western and an accusative in eastern Serbo-Croatian)
    Istina je da te lažem

Conjugation

Conjugation of lagati
Infinitive: lagati Present verbal adverb: lȁžūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: làgānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present lažem lažeš laže lažemo lažete lažu
Future Future I lagat ću1
lagaću 		lagat ćeš1
lagaćeš 		lagat će1
lagaće 		lagat ćemo1
lagaćemo 		lagat ćete1
lagaćete 		lagat će1
lagaće
Future II bȕdēm lagao2 bȕdēš lagao2 bȕdē lagao2 bȕdēmo lagali2 bȕdēte lagali2 bȕdū lagali2
Past Perfect lagao sam2 lagao si2 lagao je2 lagali smo2 lagali ste2 lagali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam lagao2 bȉo si lagao2 bȉo je lagao2 bíli smo lagali2 bíli ste lagali2 bíli su lagali2
Imperfect lagah lagaše lagaše lagasmo lagaste lagahu
Conditional I lagao bih2 lagao bi2 lagao bi2 lagali bismo2 lagali biste2 lagali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih lagao2 bȉo bi lagao2 bȉo bi lagao2 bíli bismo lagali2 bíli biste lagali2 bíli bi lagali2
Imperative — laži — lažimo lažite —
Active past participle lagao m / lagala f / lagalo n lagali m / lagale f / lagala 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

From Proto-Slavic *lъgati.

Pronunciation

Verb

lagáti impf

  1. to lie (tell an untruth)

Inflection

-Cati -Cjem
infinitive lagáti
1st singular lážem
infinitive lagáti lagȁt
supine —
verbal noun lagȃnje
participle converb
present lažọ̄č —
past — —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular lagȁł lagȃla lagálo
dual lagála lagáli lagáli
plural lagáli lagále lagála
present imperative
1st singular lážem —
2nd singular lážeš láži
3rd singular láže —
1st dual láževa lažȋva, láživa
2nd dual lážeta lažȋta, lážita
3rd dual lážeta —
1st plural lážemo lažȋmo, lážimo
2nd plural lážete lažȋte, lážite
3rd plural lážejo —

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Further reading

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