kovitlati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Akin to Russian ковыля́ть (kovyljátʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koʋǐtlati/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧vit‧la‧ti

Verb

kovìtlati impf (Cyrillic spelling ковѝтлати)

  1. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to swirl, whirl, spin

Conjugation

Conjugation of kovitlati
infinitive kovitlati
present verbal adverb kovìtlajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun kovìtlānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present kovitlam kovitlaš kovitla kovitlamo kovitlate kovitlaju
future future I kovitlat ću1
kovitlaću
kovitlat ćeš1
kovitlaćeš
kovitlat će1
kovitlaće
kovitlat ćemo1
kovitlaćemo
kovitlat ćete1
kovitlaćete
kovitlat ćē1
kovitlaće
future II bȕdēm kovitlao2 bȕdēš kovitlao2 bȕdē kovitlao2 bȕdēmo kovitlali2 bȕdēte kovitlali2 bȕdū kovitlali2
past perfect kovitlao sam2 kovitlao si2 kovitlao je2 kovitlali smo2 kovitlali ste2 kovitlali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam kovitlao2 bȉo si kovitlao2 bȉo je kovitlao2 bíli smo kovitlali2 bíli ste kovitlali2 bíli su kovitlali2
imperfect kovitlah kovitlaše kovitlaše kovitlasmo kovitlaste kovitlahu
conditional conditional I kovitlao bih2 kovitlao bi2 kovitlao bi2 kovitlali bismo2 kovitlali biste2 kovitlali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih kovitlao2 bȉo bi kovitlao2 bȉo bi kovitlao2 bíli bismo kovitlali2 bíli biste kovitlali2 bíli bi kovitlali2
imperative kovitlaj kovitlajmo kovitlajte
active past participle kovitlao m / kovitlala f / kovitlalo n kovitlali m / kovitlale f / kovitlala n
passive past participle kovitlan m / kovitlana f / kovitlano n kovitlani m / kovitlane f / kovitlana 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.

References

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