ловити

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Verb

ловити • (lovyty)

(ambitransitive) to hunt
(transitive) to catch

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

ⰾⱁⰲⰻⱅⰻ (loviti) — Glagolitic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Verb

ловити • (loviti) impf

(transitive) to hunt, to catch [with accusative or на (na, + accusative)]
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of John 21:3:
  ⰳⰾ҃ⰰ ⰻⰿⱏ ⱄⰻⰿⱁⱀⱏ ⱂⰵⱅⱃⱏ · ⰺⰴⱘ ⱃⱏⰹⰱⱏ ⰾⱁⰲⰻⱅⱏ · ⰳⰾ҃ⰰⱎⱔ ⰵⰿⱆ · ⰺⰴⰵⰿⱏ ⰻ ⰿⱏⰹ ⱄⱏ ⱅⱁⰱⱁⱙ ·
  [гл҃а имъ симонъ петръ · ꙇдѫ ръібъ ловитъ · гл҃ашѧ емоу · ꙇдемъ и мъі съ тобоѭ ·]
  gl:a imŭ simonŭ petrŭ · idǫ rybŭ lovitŭ · gl:ašę emu · idemŭ i my sŭ tobojǫ ·
  Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. (KJV)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ловити (class II1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
ловити loviti	ловитъ lovitŭ	ловл҄ѥниѥ lovlʹjenije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		ловѧ lovę	ловл҄ь, ловивъ lovlʹĭ, lovivŭ
passive		ловимъ lovimŭ	ловл҄ѥнъ lovlʹjenŭ

singular		ловилъ lovilŭ	ловило lovilo	ловила lovila
dual		ловила lovila	ловилѣ lovilě	ловилѣ lovilě
plural		ловили lovili	ловила lovila	ловилꙑ lovily

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	ловл҄ѭ lovlʹjǫ	ловл҄ꙗахъ lovlʹjaaxŭ	—
	2nd	ловиши loviši	ловл҄ꙗаше lovlʹjaaše	лови lovi
	3rd	ловитъ lovitŭ	ловл҄ꙗаше lovlʹjaaše	лови lovi
dual	1st	ловивѣ lovivě	ловл҄ꙗаховѣ lovlʹjaaxově	ловивѣ lovivě
	2nd	ловита lovita	ловл҄ꙗашета lovlʹjaašeta	ловита lovita
	3rd	ловите, ловита lovite, lovita	ловл҄ꙗашете, ловл҄ꙗашета lovlʹjaašete, lovlʹjaašeta	—
plural	1st	ловимъ lovimŭ	ловл҄ꙗахомъ lovlʹjaaxomŭ	ловимъ lovimŭ
	2nd	ловите lovite	ловл҄ꙗашете lovlʹjaašete	ловите lovite
	3rd	ловѧтъ lovętŭ	ловл҄ꙗахѫ lovlʹjaaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	ловихъ lovixŭ
	2nd	лови lovi
	3rd	лови lovi
dual	1st	ловиховѣ lovixově
	2nd	ловиста lovista
	3rd	ловисте, ловиста loviste, lovista
plural	1st	ловихомъ lovixomŭ
	2nd	ловисте loviste
	3rd	ловишѧ lovišę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of ловити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of ловити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of ловити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ ловити
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of ловити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of ловити and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → ловилъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of ловити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Descendants

Bulgarian: ловя́ (lovjá)
Russian: лови́ть (lovítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ло̀вити

Latin script: lòviti

References

“ловити”, in GORAZD [Old Church Slavonic Digital Hub], http://gorazd.org, 2016—2026
“ловити”, in Исторически речник на българския език [Historical Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lǒʋiti/
Hyphenation: ло‧ви‧ти

Verb

ло̀вити impf (Latin spelling lòviti)

(ambitransitive) to hunt
(ambitransitive) to chase, pursue
(transitive) to catch
Није важно да ли је мачка црна или б(иј)ела, док год лови мишеве. ― It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. (quote by Deng Xiaoping)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *ловити*
		singular			plural
infinitive		ловити
present verbal adverb		ло̀ве̄ћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ло̀вље̄ње

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		ловим	ловиш	лови	ловимо	ловите	лове
future	future I	ловит ћу¹ ловићу	ловит ћеш¹ ловићеш	ловит ће¹ ловиће	ловит ћемо¹ ловићемо	ловит ћете¹ ловићете	ловит ће̄¹ ловиће
future	future II	бу̏де̄м ловио²	бу̏де̄ш ловио²	бу̏де̄ ловио²	бу̏де̄мо ловили²	бу̏де̄те ловили²	бу̏дӯ ловили²
past	perfect	ловио сам²	ловио си²	ловио је²	ловили смо²	ловили сте²	ловили су²
	pluperfect³	би̏о сам ловио²	би̏о си ловио²	би̏о је ловио²	би́ли смо ловили²	би́ли сте ловили²	би́ли су ловили²
	imperfect	ловљах	ловљаше	ловљаше	ловљасмо	ловљасте	ловљаху
conditional	conditional I	ловио бих²	ловио би²	ловио би²	ловили бисмо²	ловили бисте²	ловили би²
conditional	conditional II⁴	би̏о бих ловио²	би̏о би ловио²	би̏о би ловио²	би́ли бисмо ловили²	би́ли бисте ловили²	би́ли би ловили²
imperative		—	лови	—	ловимо	ловите	—
active past participle		ловио m / ловила f / ловило n			ловили m / ловиле f / ловила n
passive past participle		ловљен m / ловљена f / ловљено n			ловљени m / ловљене f / ловљена 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

изло̀вити
нало̀вити
поло̀вити
уло̀вити

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɫɔˈʋɪte]
Audio: (file)

Verb

лови́ти • (lovýty) impf (perfective злови́ти) (transitive)

to catch (to seize or intercept an object moving through the air or some other medium)
to catch (to grab, seize, take hold of)
to catch (to board a means of transportation)
to catch (to capture or snare someone or something which would rather escape)
to catch (to take in with one's senses or intellect; to perceive and understand)

Conjugation

Conjugation of лови́ти, лови́ть (class 4c, imperfective, transitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive	лови́ти, лови́ть lovýty, lovýtʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	ло́влячи lóvljačy	лови́вши lovývšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	ловлю́ lovljú	бу́ду лови́ти, бу́ду лови́ть, лови́тиму búdu lovýty, búdu lovýtʹ, lovýtymu
2nd singular ти	ло́виш lóvyš	бу́деш лови́ти, бу́деш лови́ть, лови́тимеш búdeš lovýty, búdeš lovýtʹ, lovýtymeš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	ло́вить lóvytʹ	бу́де лови́ти, бу́де лови́ть, лови́тиме búde lovýty, búde lovýtʹ, lovýtyme
1st plural ми	ло́вим, ло́вимо lóvym, lóvymo	бу́демо лови́ти, бу́демо лови́ть, лови́тимемо, лови́тимем búdemo lovýty, búdemo lovýtʹ, lovýtymemo, lovýtymem
2nd plural ви	ло́вите lóvyte	бу́дете лови́ти, бу́дете лови́ть, лови́тимете búdete lovýty, búdete lovýtʹ, lovýtymete
3rd plural вони	ло́влять lóvljatʹ	бу́дуть лови́ти, бу́дуть лови́ть, лови́тимуть búdutʹ lovýty, búdutʹ lovýtʹ, lovýtymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	лові́м, лові́мо lovím, lovímo
second-person	лови́ lový	лові́ть lovítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	лови́в lovýv	лови́ли lovýly
feminine я / ти / вона	лови́ла lovýla
neuter воно	лови́ло lovýlo

Derived terms

(idiom) ґав лови́ти (gav lovýty, “to catch crows, to get distracted”)
лови́тися impf (lovýtysja)
лові́ння n (lovínnja)
ло́влення n (lóvlennja)

ловити

Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

Verb

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading