zvati

See also: zváti and žváti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъvati.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /zʋâti/
    • Hyphenation: zva‧ti

    Verb

    zvȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling зва̏ти)

    1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to call, to be called
      Kako se zoveš? Zovem se Petar.What is your name? My name is Peter. (literally, “What do you call yourself? I call myself Peter.”)
      Da je (moja) baba muško, zvala bi se Duško.If my grandmother were a man, she would be called Duško. (a rhyming expression about impossible conditions)
    2. (ambitransitive) to summon
    3. (ambitransitive) to call, invite (as a guest, or on the phone)
      zvati na telefonto call on the phone
      Ne zovi meDon't Call me (song by Vlado Georgiev)
    4. (ambitransitive, colloquial) to decide, call
      Meni je svejedno, ti zovi gdje idemo na kraju.
      It's all the same to me, you decide where we are going in the end.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of zvati
    infinitive zvati
    present verbal adverb zòvūći
    past verbal adverb
    verbal noun zvȃnje
    singular plural
    1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    present zovem zoveš zove zovemo zovete zovu
    future future I zvat ću1
    zvaću
    zvat ćeš1
    zvaćeš
    zvat će1
    zvaće
    zvat ćemo1
    zvaćemo
    zvat ćete1
    zvaćete
    zvat ćē1
    zvaće
    future II bȕdēm zvao2 bȕdēš zvao2 bȕdē zvao2 bȕdēmo zvali2 bȕdēte zvali2 bȕdū zvali2
    past perfect zvao sam2 zvao si2 zvao je2 zvali smo2 zvali ste2 zvali su2
    pluperfect3 bȉo sam zvao2 bȉo si zvao2 bȉo je zvao2 bíli smo zvali2 bíli ste zvali2 bíli su zvali2
    imperfect zvah zvaše zvaše zvasmo zvaste zvahu
    conditional conditional I zvao bih2 zvao bi2 zvao bi2 zvali bismo2 zvali biste2 zvali bi2
    conditional II4 bȉo bih zvao2 bȉo bi zvao2 bȉo bi zvao2 bíli bismo zvali2 bíli biste zvali2 bíli bi zvali2
    imperative zovi zovimo zovite
    active past participle zvao m / zvala f / zvalo n zvali m / zvale f / zvala n
    passive past participle zvan m / zvana f / zvano n zvani m / zvane f / zvana 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

    Further reading

    • zvati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

    Slovene

    Etymology

      First attested in the 16th century.

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zъvati.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /zʋàːti/

      Verb

      zváti impf

      1. to call
      2. to call, to name

      Conjugation

      infinitive zváti
      1st singular zóvem
      infinitive zváti zvȁt
      supine zvȃt
      verbal noun zvānje
      participle converb
      present
      past zván
      l-participle masculine feminine neuter
      singular zvȃł zvála zvȃlo
      dual zvȃla zvȃli zvȃli
      plural zvȃli zvȃle zvȃla
      present imperative
      1st singular zóvem
      2nd singular zóveš zóvi
      3rd singular zóve
      1st dual zóveva zovȋva
      2nd dual zóveta zovȋta
      3rd dual zóveta
      1st plural zóvemo zovȋmo
      2nd plural zóvete zovȋte
      3rd plural zóvejo

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • zvati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
      • zvati”, in Termania, Amebis
      • See also the general references