zaželjeti

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word zaželjeti. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word zaželjeti, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say zaželjeti in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word zaželjeti you have here. The definition of the word zaželjeti will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofzaželjeti, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From za- +‎ željeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaʒěʎeti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧že‧lje‧ti

Verb

zažèljeti pf (Cyrillic spelling зажѐљети)

  1. (transitive) to wish (+ accusative or genitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaželjeti
Infinitive: zaželjeti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: zažèljēvši 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 zaželim zaželiš zaželi zaželimo zaželite zažele
Future Future I zaželjet ću1
zaželjeću 		zaželjet ćeš1
zaželjećeš 		zaželjet će1
zaželjeće 		zaželjet ćemo1
zaželjećemo 		zaželjet ćete1
zaželjećete 		zaželjet će1
zaželjeće
Future II bȕdēm zaželio2 bȕdēš zaželio2 bȕdē zaželio2 bȕdēmo zaželjeli2 bȕdēte zaželjeli2 bȕdū zaželjeli2
Past Perfect zaželio sam2 zaželio si2 zaželio je2 zaželjeli smo2 zaželjeli ste2 zaželjeli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zaželio2 bȉo si zaželio2 bȉo je zaželio2 bíli smo zaželjeli2 bíli ste zaželjeli2 bíli su zaželjeli2
Aorist zaželjeh zaželje zaželje zaželjesmo zaželjeste zaželješe
Conditional I zaželio bih2 zaželio bi2 zaželio bi2 zaželjeli bismo2 zaželjeli biste2 zaželjeli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zaželio2 bȉo bi zaželio2 bȉo bi zaželio2 bíli bismo zaželjeli2 bíli biste zaželjeli2 bíli bi zaželjeli2
Imperative — zaželi — zaželimo zaželite —
Active past participle zaželio m / zaželjela f / zaželjelo n zaželjeli m / zaželjele f / zaželjela 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

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia