zadaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zadaviti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zadǎːʋiti/
Hyphenation: za‧da‧vi‧ti

Verb

zadáviti pf (Cyrillic spelling зада́вити)

(transitive) to strangle, choke

Conjugation

Conjugation of zadaviti

Infinitive: zadaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zadávīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		zadavim	zadaviš	zadavi	zadavimo	zadavite	zadave
Future	Future I	zadavit ću¹ zadaviću	zadavit ćeš¹ zadavićeš	zadavit će¹ zadaviće	zadavit ćemo¹ zadavićemo	zadavit ćete¹ zadavićete	zadavit će¹ zadaviće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zadavio²	bȕdēš zadavio²	bȕdē zadavio²	bȕdēmo zadavili²	bȕdēte zadavili²	bȕdū zadavili²
Past	Perfect	zadavio sam²	zadavio si²	zadavio je²	zadavili smo²	zadavili ste²	zadavili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zadavio²	bȉo si zadavio²	bȉo je zadavio²	bíli smo zadavili²	bíli ste zadavili²	bíli su zadavili²
	Aorist	zadavih	zadavi	zadavi	zadavismo	zadaviste	zadaviše
Conditional I		zadavio bih²	zadavio bi²	zadavio bi²	zadavili bismo²	zadavili biste²	zadavili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zadavio²	bȉo bi zadavio²	bȉo bi zadavio²	bíli bismo zadavili²	bíli biste zadavili²	bíli bi zadavili²
Imperative		—	zadavi	—	zadavimo	zadavite	—
Active past participle		zadavio m / zadavila f / zadavilo n			zadavili m / zadavile f / zadavila n
Passive past participle		zadavljen m / zadavljena f / zadavljeno n			zadavljeni m / zadavljene f / zadavljena 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

zadavljívati impf

References

“zadaviti” in Hrvatski jezični portal