bajati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bajati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâjati/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ja‧ti

Verb

bȁjati impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̏јати)

  1. (intransitive) to tell fortunes
  2. (intransitive) to practice sorcery

Conjugation

Conjugation of bajati
infinitive bajati
present verbal adverb bȁjūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bȁjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bajem baješ baje bajemo bajete baju
future future I bajat ću1
bajaću
bajat ćeš1
bajaćeš
bajat će1
bajaće
bajat ćemo1
bajaćemo
bajat ćete1
bajaćete
bajat ćē1
bajaće
future II bȕdēm bajao2 bȕdēš bajao2 bȕdē bajao2 bȕdēmo bajali2 bȕdēte bajali2 bȕdū bajali2
past perfect bajao sam2 bajao si2 bajao je2 bajali smo2 bajali ste2 bajali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bajao2 bȉo si bajao2 bȉo je bajao2 bíli smo bajali2 bíli ste bajali2 bíli su bajali2
imperfect bajah bajaše bajaše bajasmo bajaste bajahu
conditional conditional I bajao bih2 bajao bi2 bajao bi2 bajali bismo2 bajali biste2 bajali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bajao2 bȉo bi bajao2 bȉo bi bajao2 bíli bismo bajali2 bíli biste bajali2 bíli bi bajali2
imperative baj bajmo bajte
active past participle bajao m / bajala f / bajalo n bajali m / bajale f / bajala n
passive past participle bajan m / bajana f / bajano n bajani m / bajane f / bajana 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.

References

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