hvaliti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvaliti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʋǎːliti/
  • Hyphenation: hva‧li‧ti

Verb

hváliti impf (Cyrillic spelling хва́лити)

  1. (transitive) to praise, commend, laud
  2. (transitive) to extol, glorify
  3. (reflexive) to be proud of, pride oneself upon
  4. (reflexive) to boast

Conjugation

Conjugation of hvaliti
infinitive hvaliti
present verbal adverb hválēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun hváljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present hvalim hvališ hvali hvalimo hvalite hvale
future future I hvalit ću1
hvaliću
hvalit ćeš1
hvalićeš
hvalit će1
hvaliće
hvalit ćemo1
hvalićemo
hvalit ćete1
hvalićete
hvalit ćē1
hvaliće
future II bȕdēm hvalio2 bȕdēš hvalio2 bȕdē hvalio2 bȕdēmo hvalili2 bȕdēte hvalili2 bȕdū hvalili2
past perfect hvalio sam2 hvalio si2 hvalio je2 hvalili smo2 hvalili ste2 hvalili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam hvalio2 bȉo si hvalio2 bȉo je hvalio2 bíli smo hvalili2 bíli ste hvalili2 bíli su hvalili2
imperfect hvaljah hvaljaše hvaljaše hvaljasmo hvaljaste hvaljahu
conditional conditional I hvalio bih2 hvalio bi2 hvalio bi2 hvalili bismo2 hvalili biste2 hvalili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih hvalio2 bȉo bi hvalio2 bȉo bi hvalio2 bíli bismo hvalili2 bíli biste hvalili2 bíli bi hvalili2
imperative hvali hvalimo hvalite
active past participle hvalio m / hvalila f / hvalilo n hvalili m / hvalile f / hvalila n
passive past participle hvaljen m / hvaljena f / hvaljeno n hvaljeni m / hvaljene f / hvaljena 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvaliti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʋalìːti/, /xʋalíːti/, /xʋàːliti/

Verb

hvalīti or hváliti impf

  1. to praise

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive hvalīti, hváliti
1st singular hválim
infinitive hvalīti, hváliti hválit
supine hválit
verbal noun hváljenje
participle converb
present hvalȅč
past hváljen
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular hválił hvalȋla hvalílo
dual hvalíla hvalíli hvalíli
plural hvalíli hvalíle hvalíla
present imperative
1st singular hválim
2nd singular hváliš hváli
3rd singular hváli
1st dual hváliva hváliva, hvalȋva
2nd dual hválita hválita, hvalȋta
3rd dual hválita
1st plural hválimo hválimo, hvalȋmo
2nd plural hválite hválite, hvalȋte
3rd plural hválijo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hvaliti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025