hvaliti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʋǎːliti/
• Hyphenation: hva‧li‧ti

Verb

hváliti impf (Cyrillic spelling хва́лити)

1. (transitive) to praise, commend, laud
2. (transitive) to extol, glorify
3. (reflexive) to be proud of, pride oneself upon
4. (reflexive) to boast

Conjugation

Conjugation of hvaliti

Infinitive: hvaliti		Present verbal adverb: hválēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: hváljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		hvalim	hvališ	hvali	hvalimo	hvalite	hvale
Future	Future I	hvalit ću1 hvaliću	hvalit ćeš1 hvalićeš	hvalit će1 hvaliće	hvalit ćemo1 hvalićemo	hvalit ćete1 hvalićete	hvalit će1 hvaliće
	Future II	bȕdēm hvalio2	bȕdēš hvalio2	bȕdē hvalio2	bȕdēmo hvalili2	bȕdēte hvalili2	bȕdū hvalili2
Past	Perfect	hvalio sam2	hvalio si2	hvalio je2	hvalili smo2	hvalili ste2	hvalili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam hvalio2	bȉo si hvalio2	bȉo je hvalio2	bíli smo hvalili2	bíli ste hvalili2	bíli su hvalili2
	Imperfect	hvaljah	hvaljaše	hvaljaše	hvaljasmo	hvaljaste	hvaljahu
Conditional I		hvalio bih2	hvalio bi2	hvalio bi2	hvalili bismo2	hvalili biste2	hvalili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih hvalio2	bȉo bi hvalio2	bȉo bi hvalio2	bíli bismo hvalili2	bíli biste hvalili2	bíli bi hvalili2
Imperative		—	hvali	—	hvalimo	hvalite	—
Active past participle		hvalio m / hvalila f / hvalilo n			hvalili m / hvalile f / hvalila n
Passive past participle		hvaljen m / hvaljena f / hvaljeno n			hvaljeni m / hvaljene f / hvaljena 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

• nahváliti
• pohváliti
• zahváliti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvaliti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʋalìːti/, /xʋalíːti/, /xʋàːliti/

Verb

hvalīti or hváliti impf

1. to praise

Inflection

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive	hvalīti, hváliti
1st singular	hválim
infinitive	hvalīti, hváliti			hválit
supine	hválit
verbal noun	hváljenje
	participle			converb
present	hvalȅč			—
past	hváljen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	hválił		hvalȋla		hvalílo
dual	hvalíla		hvalíli		hvalíli
plural	hvalíli		hvalíle		hvalíla
	present			imperative
1st singular	hválim			—
2nd singular	hváliš			hváli
3rd singular	hváli			—
1st dual	hváliva			hváliva, hvalȋva
2nd dual	hválita			hválita, hvalȋta
3rd dual	hválita			—
1st plural	hválimo			hválimo, hvalȋmo
2nd plural	hválite			hválite, hvalȋte
3rd plural	hválijo			—

Derived terms

• pohvalīti
• zahvalīti

Further reading

• “hvaliti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran