politi

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See also: Politi and polití

Basque

Adjective

politi

  1. dative indefinite of polit

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

politi

  1. animate masculine plural passive participle of polít

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German politīe and Medieval Latin politia from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “citizenship, government”), derived from the noun πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”), from the noun πόλις (pólis, “city, state”).

Pronunciation

Noun

politi n (singular definite politiet, not used in plural form)

  1. police

Italian

Adjective

politi

  1. masculine plural of polito

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

polītī

  1. inflection of polītus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

Noun

politi n (definite singular politiet)

  1. (the) police
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

politi m (definite singular politien, indefinite plural politier, definite plural politiene)

  1. a policeman

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

Noun

politi n (definite singular politiet)

  1. (the) police
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

politi m (definite singular politien, indefinite plural politiar, definite plural politiane)

  1. a policeman

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ liti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒliti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti

Verb

pòliti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀лити)

  1. to wet, to pour liquid on

Conjugation

Conjugation of politi
Infinitive: politi Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: polivši 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 polijem poliješ polije polijemo polijete poliju
Future Future I polit ću1
poliću 		polit ćeš1
polićeš 		polit će1
poliće 		polit ćemo1
polićemo 		polit ćete1
polićete 		polit će1
poliće
Future II bȕdēm polio2 bȕdēš polio2 bȕdē polio2 bȕdēmo polili2 bȕdēte polili2 bȕdū polili2
Past Perfect polio sam2 polio si2 polio je2 polili smo2 polili ste2 polili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam polio2 bȉo si polio2 bȉo je polio2 bíli smo polili2 bíli ste polili2 bíli su polili2
Aorist polih poli poli polismo poliste poliše
Conditional I polio bih2 polio bi2 polio bi2 polili bismo2 polili biste2 polili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih polio2 bȉo bi polio2 bȉo bi polio2 bíli bismo polili2 bíli biste polili2 bíli bi polili2
Imperative — polij — polijmo polijte —
Active past participle polio m / polila f / polilo n polili m / polile f / polila n
Passive past participle poliven m / polivena f / poliveno n poliveni m / polivene f / polivena 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

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