moći

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See also: moci, moči, Moci, and mòcì

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi.

Alongside ht(j)eti, this is one of the only two Serbo-Croatian verbs to have a 1st person singular form ending in -u; "ja mogu" instead of *ja možem. This u-form is more common in other Slavic languages, such as Polish -ę, Russian -у (-u)), derived from Proto-Slavic *-ǫ. As a consequence, the 3rd person plural and 1st person singular share the same form mogu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ći

Verb

mȍći impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ћи)

  1. (intransitive) can, to be able to
  2. (intransitive) may, might

Conjugation

Conjugation of moći
Infinitive: moći Present verbal adverb: mȍgūći Past verbal adverb: mȍgāvši Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present mogu (impf.)
mognem (pf.) 		možeš (impf.)
mogneš (pf.) 		može (impf.)
mogne (pf.) 		možemo (impf.)
mognemo (pf.) 		možete (impf.)
mognete (pf.) 		mogu (impf.)
mognu (pf.)
Future Future I moći ću moći ćeš moći će moći ćemo moći ćete moći će
Future II bȕdēm mogao2 bȕdēš mogao2 bȕdē mogao2 bȕdēmo mogli2 bȕdēte mogli2 bȕdū mogli2
Past Perfect mogao sam2 mogao si2 mogao je2 mogli smo2 mogli ste2 mogli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam mogao2 bȉo si mogao2 bȉo je mogao2 bíli smo mogli2 bíli ste mogli2 bíli su mogli2
Aorist mogoh može može mogosmo mogoste mogoše
Imperfect mogah mogaše mogaše mogasmo mogaste mogahu
Conditional I mogao bih2 mogao bi2 mogao bi2 mogli bismo2 mogli biste2 mogli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih mogao2 bȉo bi mogao2 bȉo bi mogao2 bíli bismo mogli2 bíli biste mogli2 bíli bi mogli2
Imperative — mozi / mogni — mozimo / mognimo mozite / mognite —
Active past participle mogao m / mogla f / moglo n mogli m / mogle f / mogla n
Passive past participle moguć m / moguća f / moguće n mogući m / moguće f / moguća 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “moći”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “moći”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904–1910), “mòći”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 883
  • Vladimir Mažuranić (1908–1923) “moći”, in Prinosi za hrvatski pravno-povjestni rječnik‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, page 675
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