celivati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cělovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡selǐːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: ce‧li‧va‧ti

Verb

celívati impf (Cyrillic spelling цели́вати)

  1. (transitive) to kiss
    Synonym: ljúbiti

Conjugation

Conjugation of celivati
infinitive celivati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb
verbal noun celívānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present celivam celivaš celiva celivamo celivate celivaju
future future I celivat ću1
celivaću
celivat ćeš1
celivaćeš
celivat će1
celivaće
celivat ćemo1
celivaćemo
celivat ćete1
celivaćete
celivat ćē1
celivaće
future II bȕdēm celivao2 bȕdēš celivao2 bȕdē celivao2 bȕdēmo celivali2 bȕdēte celivali2 bȕdū celivali2
past perfect celivao sam2 celivao si2 celivao je2 celivali smo2 celivali ste2 celivali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam celivao2 bȉo si celivao2 bȉo je celivao2 bíli smo celivali2 bíli ste celivali2 bíli su celivali2
imperfect celivah celivaše celivaše celivasmo celivaste celivahu
conditional conditional I celivao bih2 celivao bi2 celivao bi2 celivali bismo2 celivali biste2 celivali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih celivao2 bȉo bi celivao2 bȉo bi celivao2 bíli bismo celivali2 bíli biste celivali2 bíli bi celivali2
imperative celivaj celivajmo celivajte
active past participle celivao m / celivala f / celivalo n celivali m / celivale f / celivala n
passive past participle celivan m / celivana f / celivano n celivani m / celivane f / celivana 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.