служити

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služìti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slǔːʒiti/
  • Hyphenation: слу‧жи‧ти

Verb

слу́жити impf (Latin spelling slúžiti)

  1. (transitive) to serve (guests, purpose etc.)
  2. (reflexive) to make use of, use
  3. (reflexive) to help oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of служити
infinitive служити
present verbal adverb слу́же̄ћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun слу́же̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present служим служиш служи служимо служите служе
future future I служит ћу1
служићу
служит ћеш1
служићеш
служит ће1
служиће
служит ћемо1
служићемо
служит ћете1
служићете
служит ћē1
служиће
future II бу̏де̄м служио2 бу̏де̄ш служио2 бу̏де̄ служио2 бу̏де̄мо служили2 бу̏де̄те служили2 бу̏дӯ служили2
past perfect служио сам2 служио си2 служио је2 служили смо2 служили сте2 служили су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам служио2 би̏о си служио2 би̏о је служио2 би́ли смо служили2 би́ли сте служили2 би́ли су служили2
imperfect служах служаше служаше служасмо служасте служаху
conditional conditional I служио бих2 служио би2 служио би2 служили бисмо2 служили бисте2 служили би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих служио2 би̏о би служио2 би̏о би служио2 би́ли бисмо служили2 би́ли бисте служили2 би́ли би служили2
imperative служи служимо служите
active past participle служио m / служила f / служило n служили m / служиле f / служила n
passive past participle служен m / служена f / служено n служени m / служене f / служена 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

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *služìti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɫʊˈʒɪte]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

служи́ти • (služýtyimpf (usually + dative)

  1. to serve

Conjugation

References