darovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darovati. By surface analysis, dȃr (gift) +‎ -ovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /darǒʋati/
  • Hyphenation: da‧ro‧va‧ti

Verb

daròvati pf (Cyrillic spelling даро̀вати)

  1. (transitive) to gift
    Ja ti darujem svijet (from Disney's "Aladin") - I give you a world
  2. (transitive) to donate

Conjugation

Conjugation of darovati
infinitive darovati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb daròvāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present darujem daruješ daruje darujemo darujete daruju
future future I darovat ću1
darovaću
darovat ćeš1
darovaćeš
darovat će1
darovaće
darovat ćemo1
darovaćemo
darovat ćete1
darovaćete
darovat ćē1
darovaće
future II bȕdēm darovao2 bȕdēš darovao2 bȕdē darovao2 bȕdēmo darovali2 bȕdēte darovali2 bȕdū darovali2
past perfect darovao sam2 darovao si2 darovao je2 darovali smo2 darovali ste2 darovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam darovao2 bȉo si darovao2 bȉo je darovao2 bíli smo darovali2 bíli ste darovali2 bíli su darovali2
aorist darovah darova darova darovasmo darovaste darovaše
conditional conditional I darovao bih2 darovao bi2 darovao bi2 darovali bismo2 darovali biste2 darovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih darovao2 bȉo bi darovao2 bȉo bi darovao2 bíli bismo darovali2 bíli biste darovali2 bíli bi darovali2
imperative daruj darujmo darujte
active past participle darovao m / darovala f / darovalo n darovali m / darovale f / darovala n
passive past participle darovan m / darovana f / darovano n darovani m / darovane f / darovana 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *darovati. By surface analysis, dȃr +‎ -ovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /darɔʋàːti/

Verb

darováti impf or pf

  1. to gift
  2. to sacrifice

Conjugation

-ovati -ujem (AP b)
infinitive darováti
1st singular darȗjem
infinitive darováti darovȁt
supine
verbal noun darovȃnje
participle converb
present darujọ̄č darovȃje
past darován
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular darovȁł darovȃla daroválo
dual darovála darováli darováli
plural darováli darovále darovála
present imperative
1st singular darȗjem
2nd singular darȗješ darȗj
3rd singular darȗje
1st dual darȗjeva darȗjva
2nd dual darȗjeta darȗjta
3rd dual darȗjeta
1st plural darȗjemo darȗjmo
2nd plural darȗjete darȗjte
3rd plural darȗjejo

Derived terms

  • obdarováti

Further reading

  • darovati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • darovati”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references