See also: moci, moči, Moci, and mòcì

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi.

Alongside ht(j)eti, this is one of the only two Serbo-Croatian verbs to have a 1st person singular form ending in -u; "ja mogu" instead of *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 mogu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /môt͡ɕi/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ći

Verb

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mȍći impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling мо̏ћи)

  1. (intransitive) can, to be able to
  2. (intransitive) may, might

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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