бавити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ви‧ти

Verb

ба̏вити impf (Latin spelling bȁviti)

  1. (reflexive, with instrumental) to attend, engage in, go in for, occupy oneself with
    Бави се јогом.He goes in for yoga.
    Чим се бавите?What do you do (for a job)?
    Бавим се продајом књига.I sell books. (as a job)
  2. (reflexive, with с + instrumental) to deal with

Conjugation

Conjugation of бавити
infinitive бавити
present verbal adverb ба̏ве̄ћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ба̏вље̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present бавим бавиш бави бавимо бавите баве
future future I бавит ћу1
бавићу
бавит ћеш1
бавићеш
бавит ће1
бавиће
бавит ћемо1
бавићемо
бавит ћете1
бавићете
бавит ћē1
бавиће
future II бу̏де̄м бавио2 бу̏де̄ш бавио2 бу̏де̄ бавио2 бу̏де̄мо бавили2 бу̏де̄те бавили2 бу̏дӯ бавили2
past perfect бавио сам2 бавио си2 бавио је2 бавили смо2 бавили сте2 бавили су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам бавио2 би̏о си бавио2 би̏о је бавио2 би́ли смо бавили2 би́ли сте бавили2 би́ли су бавили2
imperfect бављах бављаше бављаше бављасмо бављасте бављаху
conditional conditional I бавио бих2 бавио би2 бавио би2 бавили бисмо2 бавили бисте2 бавили би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих бавио2 би̏о би бавио2 би̏о би бавио2 би́ли бисмо бавили2 би́ли бисте бавили2 би́ли би бавили2
imperative бави бавимо бавите
active past participle бавио m / бавила f / бавило n бавили m / бавиле f / бавила 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

References

  • бавити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ба́вити (báviti), the sense "to entertain" is probably a semantic loan from Middle Polish bawić; from Old East Slavic бавити (baviti); from Proto-Slavic *baviti. Formally, a causative of бу́ти (búty).

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Verb

ба́вити (bávytyimpf

  1. (transitive) to entertain, to amuse
    Synonyms: розважа́ти (rozvažáty), забавля́ти (zabavljáty), весели́ти (veselýty), потіша́ти (potišáty), ті́шити (tíšyty)
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to babysit, to look after (children)
    Synonyms: догляда́ти (dohljadáty), ня́ньчити (njánʹčyty), нагляда́ти (nahljadáty), сиді́ти (sydíty), диви́тися (dyvýtysja)
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to detain, to stop, to keep (someone)
    Synonyms: затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty), заде́ржувати (zadéržuvaty), бари́ти (barýty), га́яти (hájaty)
  4. (intransitive, dialectal) to linger, to tarry, to loiter
    Synonyms: затри́муватися (zatrýmuvatysja), заде́ржуватися (zadéržuvatysja), бари́тися (barýtysja), га́ятися (hájatysja)

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