ленити

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ле̑н.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěːniti/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧ни‧ти

Verb

ле́нити impf (Latin spelling léniti)

  1. (reflexive) to become (more) lazy

Conjugation

Conjugation of ленити
infinitive ленити
present verbal adverb ле́не̄ћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ле́ње̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present леним лениш лени ленимо лените лене
future future I ленит ћу1
ленићу
ленит ћеш1
ленићеш
ленит ће1
лениће
ленит ћемо1
ленићемо
ленит ћете1
ленићете
ленит ћē1
лениће
future II бу̏де̄м ленио2 бу̏де̄ш ленио2 бу̏де̄ ленио2 бу̏де̄мо ленили2 бу̏де̄те ленили2 бу̏дӯ ленили2
past perfect ленио сам2 ленио си2 ленио је2 ленили смо2 ленили сте2 ленили су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам ленио2 би̏о си ленио2 би̏о је ленио2 би́ли смо ленили2 би́ли сте ленили2 би́ли су ленили2
imperfect лењах лењаше лењаше лењасмо лењасте лењаху
conditional conditional I ленио бих2 ленио би2 ленио би2 ленили бисмо2 ленили бисте2 ленили би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих ленио2 би̏о би ленио2 би̏о би ленио2 би́ли бисмо ленили2 би́ли бисте ленили2 би́ли би ленили2
imperative лени ленимо лените
active past participle ленио m / ленила f / ленило n ленили m / лениле f / ленила 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

  • ленити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025