štovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьtovati. See čast.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtǒʋati/
  • Hyphenation: što‧va‧ti

Verb

štòvati impf (Cyrillic spelling што̀вати)

  1. (transitive) respect, esteem
  2. (transitive) worship (deity)

Conjugation

Conjugation of štovati
infinitive štovati
present verbal adverb štȕjūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun štòvānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present štujem štuješ štuje štujemo štujete štuju
future future I štovat ću1
štovaću
štovat ćeš1
štovaćeš
štovat će1
štovaće
štovat ćemo1
štovaćemo
štovat ćete1
štovaćete
štovat ćē1
štovaće
future II bȕdēm štovao2 bȕdēš štovao2 bȕdē štovao2 bȕdēmo štovali2 bȕdēte štovali2 bȕdū štovali2
past perfect štovao sam2 štovao si2 štovao je2 štovali smo2 štovali ste2 štovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam štovao2 bȉo si štovao2 bȉo je štovao2 bíli smo štovali2 bíli ste štovali2 bíli su štovali2
imperfect štovah štovaše štovaše štovasmo štovaste štovahu
conditional conditional I štovao bih2 štovao bi2 štovao bi2 štovali bismo2 štovali biste2 štovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih štovao2 bȉo bi štovao2 bȉo bi štovao2 bíli bismo štovali2 bíli biste štovali2 bíli bi štovali2
imperative štuj štujmo štujte
active past participle štovao m / štovala f / štovalo n štovali m / štovale f / štovala n
passive past participle štovan m / štovana f / štovano n štovani m / štovane f / štovana 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.