Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlděti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒǔːdeti/
  • Hyphenation: žu‧de‧ti

Verb

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žúdeti impf (Cyrillic spelling жу́дети)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to long, desire, yearn, crave for

Usage notes

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The verb is usually used with the preposition za (for), followed by an object in instrumental case. When the object is an action, it is in represented as an infinitive (Western Serbo-Croatian) or a da + present tense formation (Eastern Serbo-Croatian). The rarest form of usage is with the direct object in accusative case.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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