žeti
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žęti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, kill”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
žȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling же̏ти)
- (transitive, intransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
- (transitive, figuratively) to reap, harvest (to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works)
- Kako siješ tako ćeš i žeti. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of žeti
| Infinitive: žeti | Present verbal adverb: žànjūći | Past verbal adverb: — | 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 | žanjem / žnjem | žanješ / žnješ | žanje / žnje | žanjemo / žnjemo | žanjete / žnjete | žanju / žnju | |
| Future | Future I | žet ću1 žeću |
žet ćeš1 žećeš |
žet će1 žeće |
žet ćemo1 žećemo |
žet ćete1 žećete |
žet će1 žeće |
| Future II | bȕdēm žeo/žnjeo2 | bȕdēš žeo/žnjeo2 | bȕdē žeo/žnjeo2 | bȕdēmo želi/žnjeli2 | bȕdēte želi/žnjeli2 | bȕdū želi/žnjeli2 | |
| Past | Perfect | žeo/žnjeo sam2 | žeo/žnjeo si2 | žeo/žnjeo je2 | želi/žnjeli smo2 | želi/žnjeli ste2 | želi/žnjeli su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam žeo/žnjeo2 | bȉo si žeo/žnjeo2 | bȉo je žeo/žnjeo2 | bíli smo želi/žnjeli2 | bíli ste želi/žnjeli2 | bíli su želi/žnjeli2 | |
| Imperfect | žanjah / žnjah | žanjaše / žnjaše | žanjaše / žnjaše | žanjasmo / žnjasmo | žanjaste / žnjaste | žanjahu / žnjahu | |
| Conditional I | žeo/žnjeo bih2 | žeo/žnjeo bi2 | žeo/žnjeo bi2 | želi/žnjeli bismo2 | želi/žnjeli biste2 | želi/žnjeli bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih žeo/žnjeo2 | bȉo bi žeo/žnjeo2 | bȉo bi žeo/žnjeo2 | bíli bismo želi/žnjeli2 | bíli biste želi/žnjeli2 | bíli bi želi/žnjeli2 | |
| Imperative | — | žanji / žnji | — | žanjimo / žnjimo | žanjite / žnjite | — | |
| Active past participle | žeo/žnjeo m / žela/žnjela f / želo/žnjelo n | želi/žnjeli m / žele/žnjele f / žela/žnjela n | |||||
| Passive past participle | žnjeven / žet m / žnjevena / žeta f / žnjeveno / žeto n | žnjeveni / žeti m / žnjevene / žete f / žnjevena / žeta 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.
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “žeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Slavic *žęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, kill”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
žẹ́ti impf
- (transitive, intransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
- (transitive, figuratively) to reap, harvest (to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works)
Inflection edit
| Sonorant + -ti -(j)em | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | žẹ́ti | |||||
| 1st singular | žánjem | |||||
| infinitive | žẹ́ti | žȅt, žẹ̑t | ||||
| supine | žȅt, žẹ̑t | |||||
| verbal noun | žẹ̑tje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | žanjọ̄č | — | ||||
| past | žẹ̑t | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | žȅł, žẹ̑ł | žẹ̄la | žẹ̄lo | |||
| dual | žẹ̄la | žẹ̄li | žẹ̄li | |||
| plural | žẹ̄li | žẹ̄le | žẹ̄la | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | žánjem | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | žánješ | žánji | ||||
| 3rd singular | žánje | — | ||||
| 1st dual | žánjeva | žánjiva | ||||
| 2nd dual | žánjeta | žánjita | ||||
| 3rd dual | žánjeta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | žánjemo | žánjimo | ||||
| 2nd plural | žánjete | žánjite | ||||
| 3rd plural | žánjejo | — | ||||
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Slavic *žęti.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
žẹ́ti impf (rare)
- Synonym of ožẹ̑mati
Inflection edit
| Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | žẹ́ti | |||||
| 1st singular | žmȅm, žámem | |||||
| infinitive | žẹ́ti | žȅt, žẹ̑t | ||||
| supine | žȅt, žẹ̑t | |||||
| verbal noun | žẹ̑tje | |||||
| participle | converb | |||||
| present | — | — | ||||
| past | žẹ̑t | — | ||||
| l-participle | masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| singular | žẹ̑ł | žẹ́la | žẹ̑lo | |||
| dual | žẹ̑la | žẹ̑li | žẹ̑li | |||
| plural | žẹ̑li | žẹ̑le | žẹ̑la | |||
| present | imperative | |||||
| 1st singular | žmȅm, žámem | — | ||||
| 2nd singular | žmȅš, žámeš | žmȉ, žémi | ||||
| 3rd singular | žmȅ, žáme | — | ||||
| 1st dual | žméva, žámeva | žmȋva, žemȋva | ||||
| 2nd dual | žméta, žámeta | žmȋta, žemȋta | ||||
| 3rd dual | žméta, žámeta | — | ||||
| 1st plural | žmémo, žámemo | žmȋmo, žemȋmo | ||||
| 2nd plural | žméte, žámete | žmȋte, žemȋte | ||||
| 3rd plural | žméjo, žámejo | — | ||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “žeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “žeti”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references