lepiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěpiti, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (to stick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lěːpiti/
  • Hyphenation: le‧pi‧ti

Verb

lépiti impf (Cyrillic spelling ле́пити)

  1. (transitive) to glue, paste
  2. (reflexive) to stick, be sticky

Conjugation

Conjugation of lepiti
infinitive lepiti
present verbal adverb lépēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun lépljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present lepim lepiš lepi lepimo lepite lepe
future future I lepit ću1
lepiću
lepit ćeš1
lepićeš
lepit će1
lepiće
lepit ćemo1
lepićemo
lepit ćete1
lepićete
lepit ćē1
lepiće
future II bȕdēm lepio2 bȕdēš lepio2 bȕdē lepio2 bȕdēmo lepili2 bȕdēte lepili2 bȕdū lepili2
past perfect lepio sam2 lepio si2 lepio je2 lepili smo2 lepili ste2 lepili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam lepio2 bȉo si lepio2 bȉo je lepio2 bíli smo lepili2 bíli ste lepili2 bíli su lepili2
imperfect lepljah lepljaše lepljaše lepljasmo lepljaste lepljahu
conditional conditional I lepio bih2 lepio bi2 lepio bi2 lepili bismo2 lepili biste2 lepili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih lepio2 bȉo bi lepio2 bȉo bi lepio2 bíli bismo lepili2 bíli biste lepili2 bíli bi lepili2
imperative lepi lepimo lepite
active past participle lepio m / lepila f / lepilo n lepili m / lepile f / lepila n
passive past participle lepljen m / lepljena f / lepljeno n lepljeni m / lepljene f / lepljena 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

  • izlépiti
  • nalépiti
  • oblépiti
  • odlépiti
  • polépiti
  • prilépiti
  • ulépiti
  • zalépiti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěpiti, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (to stick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛpìːti/, /lɛpíːti/, /lèːpiti/

Verb

lepīti or lẹ́piti impf

  1. to stick

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b or AP a)
infinitive lepīti, lẹ́piti
1st singular lẹ̄pim
infinitive lepīti, lẹ́piti lepit
supine lẹ́pit
verbal noun lẹ́pljenje
participle converb
present lepȅč
past lẹ̄pljen
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular lẹ́pił lepȋla, lẹ̄pila lepílo, lẹ́pilo
dual lepíla, lẹ́pila lepíli, lẹ́pili lepíli, lẹ́pili
plural lepíli, lẹ́pili lepíle, lẹ́pile lepíla, lẹ́pila
present imperative
1st singular lẹ̄pim
2nd singular lẹ̄piš lẹ́pi
3rd singular lẹ̄pi
1st dual lẹ̄piva lẹ́piva, lepȋva
2nd dual lẹ̄pita lẹ́pita, lepȋta
3rd dual lẹ̄pita
1st plural lẹ̄pimo lẹ́pimo, lepȋmo
2nd plural lẹ̄pite lẹ́pite, lepȋte
3rd plural lẹ̄pijo

Derived terms

  • nalepīti
  • odlepīti
  • prelepīti
  • prilepīti
  • zalepīti
  • zlepīti

Further reading

  • lepiti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025