ležati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ležati

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěʒati/
  • Hyphenation: le‧ža‧ti

Verb

lèžati impf (Cyrillic spelling лѐжати)

  1. (intransitive) to lie, recline
  2. (intransitive) to be situated, be located

Conjugation

Conjugation of ležati
infinitive ležati
present verbal adverb lèžēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun lèžānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ležim ležiš leži ležimo ležite leže
future future I ležat ću1
ležaću
ležat ćeš1
ležaćeš
ležat će1
ležaće
ležat ćemo1
ležaćemo
ležat ćete1
ležaćete
ležat ćē1
ležaće
future II bȕdēm ležao2 bȕdēš ležao2 bȕdē ležao2 bȕdēmo ležali2 bȕdēte ležali2 bȕdū ležali2
past perfect ležao sam2 ležao si2 ležao je2 ležali smo2 ležali ste2 ležali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ležao2 bȉo si ležao2 bȉo je ležao2 bíli smo ležali2 bíli ste ležali2 bíli su ležali2
imperfect ležah ležaše ležaše ležasmo ležaste ležahu
conditional conditional I ležao bih2 ležao bi2 ležao bi2 ležali bismo2 ležali biste2 ležali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ležao2 bȉo bi ležao2 bȉo bi ležao2 bíli bismo ležali2 bíli biste ležali2 bíli bi ležali2
imperative leži ležimo ležite
active past participle ležao m / ležala f / ležalo n ležali m / ležale f / ležala 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

  • odlèžati
  • polèžati
  • prelèžati
  • ulèžati se
  • zalèžati se

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ležati

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛʒàːti/
  • Hyphenation: le‧žá‧ti

Verb

ležáti impf

  1. (intransitive) to lie (be in horizontal position)

Conjugation

-ati -im
infinitive ležáti
1st singular ležím
infinitive ležáti léžat
supine léžat
verbal noun ležȃnje
participle converb
present ležȅč ležẹ̄
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular léžał ležȃla ležálo
dual ležála ležáli ležáli
plural ležáli ležále ležála
present imperative
1st singular ležím
2nd singular ležíš léži
3rd singular leží
1st dual ležíva ležȋva
2nd dual ležíta ležȋta
3rd dual ležíta
1st plural ležímo ležȋmo
2nd plural ležíte ležȋte
3rd plural ležíjo

Derived terms

  • obležáti
  • odležáti
  • poležáti
  • preležáti
  • uležáti
  • zaležáti

Further reading

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