велим

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Russian

Pronunciation

Verb

вели́м • (velím)

  1. inflection of веле́ть (velétʹ):
    1. first-person plural present indicative imperfective
    2. first-person plural future indicative perfective

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velěti, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋěliːm/
  • Hyphenation: ве‧лим

Verb

вѐлӣм impf or pf (Latin spelling vèlīm)

  1. (intransitive) to say
    Како се то вели на енглеском? ― How do you say that in English?

Usage notes

This verb is defective and has no infinitive form. Hypothetically, it would be *veljeti/*veleti. Some dictionaries mention it as such; however, it has not been attested in Serbo-Croatian as yet.

This verb can only be used in the present and imperfect.[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of велим
Infinitive: — Present verbal adverb: вѐле̄ћи Past verbal adverb: вѐлӣвши Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present велим велиш вели велимо велите веле
Future Future II бу̏де̄м велио2 бу̏де̄ш велио2 бу̏де̄ велио2 бу̏де̄мо велили2 бу̏де̄те велили2 бу̏дӯ велили2
Past Perfect велио сам2 велио си2 велио је2 велили смо2 велили сте2 велили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам велио2 би̏о си велио2 би̏о је велио2 би́ли смо велили2 би́ли сте велили2 би́ли су велили2
Imperfect вељах вељаше вељаше вељасмо вељасте вељаху
Conditional I велио бих2 велио би2 велио би2 велили бисмо2 велили бисте2 велили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих велио2 би̏о би велио2 би̏о би велио2 би́ли бисмо велили2 би́ли бисте велили2 би́ли би велили2
Imperative — вели — велимо велите —
Active past participle велио m / велила f / велило n велили m / велиле f / велила 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.

References

  1. ^ Речник српскога језика, Матица српска, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “велим”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2024
  • “велим”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “велим”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 349
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