свирати

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Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svirati.

Verb

свирати • (svirati) impf

  1. to whistle
  2. to play flute
  3. (transitive, intransitive, music) to play (instrument)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svirati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋǐːrati/
  • Hyphenation: сви‧ра‧ти

Verb

сви́рати impf (Latin spelling svírati)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, music) to play (instrument)

Conjugation

Conjugation of свирати
Infinitive: свирати Present verbal adverb: сви́рајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: сви́ра̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present свирам свираш свира свирамо свирате свирају
Future Future I свират ћу1
свираћу 		свират ћеш1
свираћеш 		свират ће1
свираће 		свират ћемо1
свираћемо 		свират ћете1
свираћете 		свират ће1
свираће
Future II бу̏де̄м свирао2 бу̏де̄ш свирао2 бу̏де̄ свирао2 бу̏де̄мо свирали2 бу̏де̄те свирали2 бу̏дӯ свирали2
Past Perfect свирао сам2 свирао си2 свирао је2 свирали смо2 свирали сте2 свирали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам свирао2 би̏о си свирао2 би̏о је свирао2 би́ли смо свирали2 би́ли сте свирали2 би́ли су свирали2
Imperfect свирах свираше свираше свирасмо свирасте свираху
Conditional I свирао бих2 свирао би2 свирао би2 свирали бисмо2 свирали бисте2 свирали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих свирао2 би̏о би свирао2 би̏о би свирао2 би́ли бисмо свирали2 би́ли бисте свирали2 би́ли би свирали2
Imperative — свирај — свирајмо свирајте —
Active past participle свирао m / свирала f / свирало n свирали m / свирале f / свирала 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

Further reading

  • “свирати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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