посветити

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posʋěːtiti/
Hyphenation: по‧све‧ти‧ти

Verb

посве́тити ? (Latin spelling posvétiti)

(intransitive, with dative) to dedicate
(intransitive, with dative) to write dedication
(reflexive, with dative) to devote oneself to sth
(transitive) to consecrate, sanctify

Conjugation

Conjugation of посветити

Infinitive: посветити		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: посве́тӣвши		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		посветим	посветиш	посвети	посветимо	посветите	посвете
Future	Future I	посветит ћу¹ посветићу	посветит ћеш¹ посветићеш	посветит ће¹ посветиће	посветит ћемо¹ посветићемо	посветит ћете¹ посветићете	посветит ће¹ посветиће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м посветио²	бу̏де̄ш посветио²	бу̏де̄ посветио²	бу̏де̄мо посветили²	бу̏де̄те посветили²	бу̏дӯ посветили²
Past	Perfect	посветио сам²	посветио си²	посветио је²	посветили смо²	посветили сте²	посветили су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам посветио²	би̏о си посветио²	би̏о је посветио²	би́ли смо посветили²	би́ли сте посветили²	би́ли су посветили²
	Aorist	посветих	посвети	посвети	посветисмо	посветисте	посветише
Conditional I		посветио бих²	посветио би²	посветио би²	посветили бисмо²	посветили бисте²	посветили би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих посветио²	би̏о би посветио²	би̏о би посветио²	би́ли бисмо посветили²	би́ли бисте посветили²	би́ли би посветили²
Imperative		—	посвети	—	посветимо	посветите	—
Active past participle		посветио m / посветила f / посветило n			посветили m / посветиле f / посветила n
Passive past participle		посвећен m / посвећена f / посвећено n			посвећени m / посвећене f / посвећена 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

посвећи́вати impf