bdeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• bdjȅti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *budḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to (be) awake”), cognate with Czech bdít.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bdêti/
• Hyphenation: bde‧ti

Verb

bdȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling бде̏ти)

1. (intransitive) to watch over, keep vigil (+ nad (“over”) + instrumental)

   c(ij)elu noć je majka bd(j)ela nad d(j)etetom ― the mother was watching over the child the whole night

Conjugation

Conjugation of bdeti

Infinitive: bdeti		Present verbal adverb: bdȇći/bdȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bdénje/bdēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bdem / bdim	bdeš / bdiš	bde / bdi	bdemo / bdimo	bdete / bdite	bdiju / bde
Future	Future I	bdet ću1 bdeću	bdet ćeš1 bdećeš	bdet će1 bdeće	bdet ćemo1 bdećemo	bdet ćete1 bdećete	bdet će1 bdeće
	Future II	bȕdēm bdeo2	bȕdēš bdeo2	bȕdē bdeo2	bȕdēmo bdeli2	bȕdēte bdeli2	bȕdū bdeli2
Past	Perfect	bdeo sam2	bdeo si2	bdeo je2	bdeli smo2	bdeli ste2	bdeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bdeo2	bȉo si bdeo2	bȉo je bdeo2	bíli smo bdeli2	bíli ste bdeli2	bíli su bdeli2
	Imperfect	bdijah / bđah	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijasmo / bđasmo	bdijaste / bđaste	bdijahu / bđahu
Conditional I		bdeo bih2	bdeo bi2	bdeo bi2	bdeli bismo2	bdeli biste2	bdeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bdeo2	bȉo bi bdeo2	bȉo bi bdeo2	bíli bismo bdeli2	bíli biste bdeli2	bíli bi bdeli2
Imperative		—	bdij / bdi	—	bdijmo / bdimo	bdijte / bdite	—
Active past participle		bdeo m / bdela f / bdelo n			bdeli m / bdele f / bdela 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

• pròbdeti

References

• “bdeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal