klati

See also: klátí

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klâti/
  • Hyphenation: kla‧ti

Verb

klȁti impf (Cyrillic spelling кла̏ти)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to slaughter, butcher

Conjugation

Conjugation of klati
infinitive klati
present verbal adverb kȍljūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun klánje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present koljem kolješ kolje koljemo koljete kolju
future future I klat ću1
klaću
klat ćeš1
klaćeš
klat će1
klaće
klat ćemo1
klaćemo
klat ćete1
klaćete
klat ćē1
klaće
future II bȕdēm klao2 bȕdēš klao2 bȕdē klao2 bȕdēmo klali2 bȕdēte klali2 bȕdū klali2
past perfect klao sam2 klao si2 klao je2 klali smo2 klali ste2 klali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam klao2 bȉo si klao2 bȉo je klao2 bíli smo klali2 bíli ste klali2 bíli su klali2
imperfect klah / koljah klaše / koljaše klaše / koljaše klasmo / koljasmo klaste / koljaste klahu / koljahu
conditional conditional I klao bih2 klao bi2 klao bi2 klali bismo2 klali biste2 klali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih klao2 bȉo bi klao2 bȉo bi klao2 bíli bismo klali2 bíli biste klali2 bíli bi klali2
imperative kolji koljimo koljite
active past participle klao m / klala f / klalo n klali m / klale f / klala n
passive past participle klan m / klana f / klano n klani m / klane f / klana 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

  • dòklati
  • nàklati
  • pòklati
  • prèklati
  • prìklati
  • zàklati

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klàːti/

Verb

kláti impf

  1. to slaughter, to butcher

Conjugation

infinitive kláti
1st singular kọ́ljem
infinitive kláti klat
supine klȁt
verbal noun klānje
participle converb
present koljọ̄č
past klán
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular klȁł klȃla klálo
dual klála kláli kláli
plural kláli klále klála
present imperative
1st singular kọ́ljem
2nd singular kọ́lješ kólji
3rd singular kọ́lje
1st dual kọ́ljeva koljȋva
2nd dual kọ́ljeta koljȋta
3rd dual kọ́ljeta
1st plural kọ́ljemo koljȋmo
2nd plural kọ́ljete koljȋte
3rd plural kọ́ljejo

Derived terms

  • okláti
  • pokláti
  • prekláti
  • razkláti
  • ukláti
  • zakláti

Further reading

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