See also: мощи

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi.

Alongside хтети, this is one of the only two Serbo-Croatian verbs to have a 1st person singular form ending in -u; "jа могу" (ja mogu) instead of *jа можем (ja možem). This u-form is more common in other Slavic languages, such as Polish , Russian (-u)), derived from Proto-Slavic *-ǫ. As a consequence, the 3rd person plural and 1st person singular share the same form могу (mogu).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /môt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: мо‧ћи

Verb edit

мо̏ћи impf or pf (Latin spelling mȍći)

  1. (intransitive) to be able to
  2. (intransitive) can
  3. (intransitive) may

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit