žeti

See also: zeti and žetí

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žęti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, kill”). First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒêti/
• Hyphenation: že‧ti

Verb

žȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling же̏ти)

1. (ambitransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
2. (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

Conjugation of žeti

infinitive		žeti
present verbal adverb		žànjūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
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 ćē1 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	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.
  *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

• izàžēti
• pòžeti
• pròžēti
• sàžēti

Further reading

• “žeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *žęti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, kill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒèːti/
• Hyphenation: žé‧ti

Verb

žẹ́ti impf

1. (ambitransitive) to reap, harvest (cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine)
2. (transitive, figuratively) to reap, harvest (to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works)

Conjugation

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

• nažẹ́ti
• požẹ́ti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *žęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒèːti/

Verb

žẹ́ti impf (rare)

1. Synonym of ožẹ̑mati

Conjugation

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

• izžẹ́ti
• ožẹ́ti
• prežẹ́ti
• prižẹ́ti

Further reading

• “žeti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “žeti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references