klečati

See also: klecati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klęčati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klěːt͡ʃati/

Verb

kléčati impf (Cyrillic spelling кле́чати)

  1. (intransitive) to kneel

Conjugation

Conjugation of klečati
infinitive klečati
present verbal adverb kléčēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun kléčānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present klečim klečiš kleči klečimo klečite kleče
future future I klečat ću1
klečaću
klečat ćeš1
klečaćeš
klečat će1
klečaće
klečat ćemo1
klečaćemo
klečat ćete1
klečaćete
klečat ćē1
klečaće
future II bȕdēm klečao2 bȕdēš klečao2 bȕdē klečao2 bȕdēmo klečali2 bȕdēte klečali2 bȕdū klečali2
past perfect klečao sam2 klečao si2 klečao je2 klečali smo2 klečali ste2 klečali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam klečao2 bȉo si klečao2 bȉo je klečao2 bíli smo klečali2 bíli ste klečali2 bíli su klečali2
imperfect klečah klečaše klečaše klečasmo klečaste klečahu
conditional conditional I klečao bih2 klečao bi2 klečao bi2 klečali bismo2 klečali biste2 klečali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih klečao2 bȉo bi klečao2 bȉo bi klečao2 bíli bismo klečali2 bíli biste klečali2 bíli bi klečali2
imperative kleči klečimo klečite
active past participle klečao m / klečala f / klečalo n klečali m / klečale f / klečala 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klęčati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɛt͡ʃàːti/
  • Hyphenation: kle‧čá‧ti

Verb

klečáti impf

  1. (intransitive) to kneel (to stoop down and rest on the knee)

Conjugation

-ati -im
infinitive klečáti
1st singular klečím
infinitive klečáti klẹ́čat, kléčat
supine klẹ́čat, kléčat
verbal noun klečȃnje
participle converb
present klečȅč klečẹ̄
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular kléčał, klẹ́čał klečȃla klečálo
dual klečála klečáli klečáli
plural klečáli klečále klečála
present imperative
1st singular klečím
2nd singular klečíš kléči, klẹ́či
3rd singular klečí
1st dual klečíva klečȋva
2nd dual klečíta klečȋta
3rd dual klečíta
1st plural klečímo klečȋmo
2nd plural klečíte klečȋte
3rd plural klečíjo

Further reading

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