uviti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uviti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ǔʋiti/
Hyphenation: u‧vi‧ti

Verb edit

ùviti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀вити)

(intransitive) to beat around the bush
(reflexive) to twist, roll, bend (with one's body or a body part)
(transitive) to twist, roll, bend
(transitive) to curl (hair)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of uviti

Infinitive: uviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ùvīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		uvijem	uviješ	uvije	uvijemo	uvijete	uviju
Future	Future I	uvit ću¹ uviću	uvit ćeš¹ uvićeš	uvit će¹ uviće	uvit ćemo¹ uvićemo	uvit ćete¹ uvićete	uvit će¹ uviće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm uvio²	bȕdēš uvio²	bȕdē uvio²	bȕdēmo uvili²	bȕdēte uvili²	bȕdū uvili²
Past	Perfect	uvio sam²	uvio si²	uvio je²	uvili smo²	uvili ste²	uvili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam uvio²	bȉo si uvio²	bȉo je uvio²	bíli smo uvili²	bíli ste uvili²	bíli su uvili²
	Aorist	uvih	uvi	uvi	uvismo	uviste	uviše
Conditional I		uvio bih²	uvio bi²	uvio bi²	uvili bismo²	uvili biste²	uvili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih uvio²	bȉo bi uvio²	bȉo bi uvio²	bíli bismo uvili²	bíli biste uvili²	bíli bi uvili²
Imperative		—	uvij	—	uvijmo	uvijte	—
Active past participle		uvio m / uvila f / uvilo n			uvili m / uvile f / uvila n
Passive past participle		uvijen / uvit m / uvijena / uvita f / uvijeno / uvito n			uvijeni / uviti m / uvijene / uvite f / uvijena / uvita 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.

Related terms edit

uvíjati impf

References edit

“uviti” in Hrvatski jezični portal