прозвати
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
про̀звати pf (Latin spelling pròzvati)
- (transitive, reflexive) to name, dub
- (transitive, reflexive) to call somebody by name
Conjugation
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.
Related terms
- прози́вати impf
Further reading
- “прозвати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology
From про- (pro-) + зва́ти (zváty). Compare Russian прозва́ть (prozvátʹ).
Pronunciation
Verb
прозва́ти • (prozváty) pf (imperfective прозива́ти)
- (transitive) to nickname (somebody something: кого́сь (accusative) чи́мось (instrumental))
Conjugation
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | прозва́ти, прозва́ть prozváty, prozvátʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | про́званий prózvanyj impersonal: про́звано prózvano |
| adverbial | — | прозва́вши prozvávšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | прозву́ prozvú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | прозве́ш prozvéš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | прозве́ prozvé |
| 1st plural ми |
— | прозве́м, прозвемо́ prozvém, prozvemó |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | прозвете́ prozveté |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | прозву́ть prozvútʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | прозві́м, прозві́мо prozvím, prozvímo |
| second-person | прозви́ prozvý |
прозві́ть prozvítʹ |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
прозва́в prozváv |
прозва́ли prozvály |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
прозва́ла prozvála | |
| neuter воно |
прозва́ло prozválo | |
Related terms
- прі́звисько (prízvysʹko)
- прі́звище (prízvyšče)
- прозивни́й (prozyvnýj)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “прозвати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “прозвати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “прозвати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)