imenovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmenovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îmenoʋati/
  • Hyphenation: i‧me‧no‧va‧ti

Verb

ȉmenovati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling и̏меновати)

  1. (transitive) to name
  2. (transitive) to mention
  3. (transitive) to appoint

Conjugation

Conjugation of imenovati
infinitive imenovati
present verbal adverb ȉmenujūći
past verbal adverb ȉmenovāvši
verbal noun ȉmenovānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present imenujem imenuješ imenuje imenujemo imenujete imenuju
future future I imenovat ću1
imenovaću
imenovat ćeš1
imenovaćeš
imenovat će1
imenovaće
imenovat ćemo1
imenovaćemo
imenovat ćete1
imenovaćete
imenovat ćē1
imenovaće
future II bȕdēm imenovao2 bȕdēš imenovao2 bȕdē imenovao2 bȕdēmo imenovali2 bȕdēte imenovali2 bȕdū imenovali2
past perfect imenovao sam2 imenovao si2 imenovao je2 imenovali smo2 imenovali ste2 imenovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam imenovao2 bȉo si imenovao2 bȉo je imenovao2 bíli smo imenovali2 bíli ste imenovali2 bíli su imenovali2
aorist imenovah imenova imenova imenovasmo imenovaste imenovaše
imperfect imenovah imenovaše imenovaše imenovasmo imenovaste imenovahu
conditional conditional I imenovao bih2 imenovao bi2 imenovao bi2 imenovali bismo2 imenovali biste2 imenovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih imenovao2 bȉo bi imenovao2 bȉo bi imenovao2 bíli bismo imenovali2 bíli biste imenovali2 bíli bi imenovali2
imperative imenuj imenujmo imenujte
active past participle imenovao m / imenovala f / imenovalo n imenovali m / imenovale f / imenovala n
passive past participle imenovan m / imenovana f / imenovano n imenovani m / imenovane f / imenovana 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.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьmenovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imɛnɔʋàːti/

Verb

imenováti pf

  1. to name (give a name to)

Conjugation

-ovati -ujem (AP b)
infinitive imenováti
1st singular imenȗjem
infinitive imenováti imenovȁt
supine
verbal noun imenovȃnje
participle converb
present imenujọ̄č imenovȃje
past imenován
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular imenovȁł imenovȃla imenoválo
dual imenovála imenováli imenováli
plural imenováli imenovále imenovála
present imperative
1st singular imenȗjem
2nd singular imenȗješ imenȗj
3rd singular imenȗje
1st dual imenȗjeva imenȗjva
2nd dual imenȗjeta imenȗjta
3rd dual imenȗjeta
1st plural imenȗjemo imenȗjmo
2nd plural imenȗjete imenȗjte
3rd plural imenȗjejo

Further reading

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