slutiti

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 16 November 2020

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluti (“to listen”). Akin to slȗh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǔːtiti/
• Hyphenation: slu‧ti‧ti

Verb

slútiti impf (Cyrillic spelling слу́тити)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to suspect, have an inkling of
   • 1551, Marin Držić, Venere i Adon:

     Jaoh meni, ne sluti, molju te, junače!
     zlo mi srce ćuti! Hodi mi, moj brače.

     Woe me, worry not, prithee, hopper!
     that my heart broods ill! Come hither, cobber!

2. (transitive, intransitive) to bode

Conjugation

Conjugation of slutiti

Infinitive: slutiti		Present verbal adverb: slútēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: slúćēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		slutim	slutiš	sluti	slutimo	slutite	slute
Future	Future I	slutit ću1 slutiću	slutit ćeš1 slutićeš	slutit će1 slutiće	slutit ćemo1 slutićemo	slutit ćete1 slutićete	slutit će1 slutiće
	Future II	bȕdēm slutio2	bȕdēš slutio2	bȕdē slutio2	bȕdēmo slutili2	bȕdēte slutili2	bȕdū slutili2
Past	Perfect	slutio sam2	slutio si2	slutio je2	slutili smo2	slutili ste2	slutili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam slutio2	bȉo si slutio2	bȉo je slutio2	bíli smo slutili2	bíli ste slutili2	bíli su slutili2
	Imperfect	slućah	slućaše	slućaše	slućasmo	slućaste	slućahu
Conditional I		slutio bih2	slutio bi2	slutio bi2	slutili bismo2	slutili biste2	slutili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih slutio2	bȉo bi slutio2	bȉo bi slutio2	bíli bismo slutili2	bíli biste slutili2	bíli bi slutili2
Imperative		—	sluti	—	slutimo	slutite	—
Active past participle		slutio m / slutila f / slutilo n			slutili m / slutile f / slutila 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

• naslútiti

References

• “slutiti” in Hrvatski jezični portal