sedlati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sedъlati; compare Czech sedlat, Russian седлать (sedlatʹ). By surface analysis, sèdlo +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sědlati/
  • Hyphenation: sed‧la‧ti

Verb

sèdlati impf (Cyrillic spelling сѐдлати)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to saddle (a horse or other animal)
  2. (reflexive, figuratively) to receive advice, to be counselled

Conjugation

Conjugation of sedlati
infinitive sedlati
present verbal adverb sèdlajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun sèdlānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present sedlam sedlaš sedla sedlamo sedlate sedlaju
future future I sedlat ću1
sedlaću
sedlat ćeš1
sedlaćeš
sedlat će1
sedlaće
sedlat ćemo1
sedlaćemo
sedlat ćete1
sedlaćete
sedlat ćē1
sedlaće
future II bȕdēm sedlao2 bȕdēš sedlao2 bȕdē sedlao2 bȕdēmo sedlali2 bȕdēte sedlali2 bȕdū sedlali2
past perfect sedlao sam2 sedlao si2 sedlao je2 sedlali smo2 sedlali ste2 sedlali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam sedlao2 bȉo si sedlao2 bȉo je sedlao2 bíli smo sedlali2 bíli ste sedlali2 bíli su sedlali2
imperfect sedlah sedlaše sedlaše sedlasmo sedlaste sedlahu
conditional conditional I sedlao bih2 sedlao bi2 sedlao bi2 sedlali bismo2 sedlali biste2 sedlali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih sedlao2 bȉo bi sedlao2 bȉo bi sedlao2 bíli bismo sedlali2 bíli biste sedlali2 bíli bi sedlali2
imperative sedlaj sedlajmo sedlajte
active past participle sedlao m / sedlala f / sedlalo n sedlali m / sedlale f / sedlala 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.

Further reading

  • sedlati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
  • Drago Grdenić, editor (1953–1955), “sèdlati”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 14, Zagreb: JAZU, page 789