ulizati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From u- +‎ lizati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ulǐːzati/
  • Hyphenation: u‧li‧za‧ti

Verb

ulízati pf (Cyrillic spelling ули́зати)

  1. (reflexive, with dative) to suck up, ingratiate (act subserviently to or flatter someone excessively in order to gain their favor)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ulizati
Infinitive: ulizati Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: ulízāvši 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 uližem uližeš uliže uližemo uližete uližu
Future Future I ulizat ću1
ulizaću 		ulizat ćeš1
ulizaćeš 		ulizat će1
ulizaće 		ulizat ćemo1
ulizaćemo 		ulizat ćete1
ulizaćete 		ulizat će1
ulizaće
Future II bȕdēm ulizao2 bȕdēš ulizao2 bȕdē ulizao2 bȕdēmo ulizali2 bȕdēte ulizali2 bȕdū ulizali2
Past Perfect ulizao sam2 ulizao si2 ulizao je2 ulizali smo2 ulizali ste2 ulizali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam ulizao2 bȉo si ulizao2 bȉo je ulizao2 bíli smo ulizali2 bíli ste ulizali2 bíli su ulizali2
Aorist ulizah uliza uliza ulizasmo ulizaste ulizaše
Conditional I ulizao bih2 ulizao bi2 ulizao bi2 ulizali bismo2 ulizali biste2 ulizali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih ulizao2 bȉo bi ulizao2 bȉo bi ulizao2 bíli bismo ulizali2 bíli biste ulizali2 bíli bi ulizali2
Imperative — uliži — uližimo uližite —
Active past participle ulizao m / ulizala f / ulizalo n ulizali m / ulizale f / ulizala n
Passive past participle ulizan m / ulizana f / ulizano n ulizani m / ulizane f / ulizana 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

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