моћи

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See also: мощи

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi.

Alongside хтети, this is one of the only two Serbo-Croatian verbs to have a 1st person singular form ending in -u; "jа могу" (ja mogu) instead of *jа можем (ja možem). This u-form is more common in other Slavic languages, such as Polish -ę, Russian -у (-u)), derived from Proto-Slavic *-ǫ. As a consequence, the 3rd person plural and 1st person singular share the same form могу (mogu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: мо‧ћи

Verb

мо̏ћи impf or pf (Latin spelling mȍći)

  1. (intransitive) to be able to
  2. (intransitive) can
  3. (intransitive) may

Conjugation

Conjugation of моћи
Infinitive: моћи Present verbal adverb: мо̏гӯћи Past verbal adverb: мо̏га̄вши 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 могу можеш може можемо можете могу
Future Future I моћи ћу моћи ћеш моћи ће моћи ћемо моћи ћете моћи ће
Future II бу̏де̄м могао2 бу̏де̄ш могао2 бу̏де̄ могао2 бу̏де̄мо могли2 бу̏де̄те могли2 бу̏дӯ могли2
Past Perfect могао сам2 могао си2 могао је2 могли смо2 могли сте2 могли су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам могао2 би̏о си могао2 би̏о је могао2 би́ли смо могли2 би́ли сте могли2 би́ли су могли2
Aorist могох може може могосмо могосте могоше
Imperfect могах могаше могаше могасмо могасте могаху
Conditional I могао бих2 могао би2 могао би2 могли бисмо2 могли бисте2 могли би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих могао2 би̏о би могао2 би̏о би могао2 би́ли бисмо могли2 би́ли бисте могли2 би́ли би могли2
Imperative — мози / могни — мозимо / могнимо мозите / могните —
Active past participle могао m / могла f / могло n могли m / могле f / могла n
Passive past participle могућ m / могућа f / могуће n могући m / могуће f / могућа 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “моћи”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “моћи”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904–1910), “mòći”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 883
  • Vladimir Mažuranić (1908–1923) “moći”, in Prinosi za hrvatski pravno-povjestni rječnik‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, page 675
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