milovati

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milovati. By surface analysis, milý +‎ -ovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmiɫoʋaci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmilovaci/

Verb

milovati impf

  1. to love
    Synonym: ľúbiti
    Ona sě milujeta.They love each other.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: milovat

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *milovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mîloʋati/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧lo‧va‧ti

Verb

mȉlovati impf (Cyrillic spelling ми̏ловати)

  1. (transitive) to caress, fondle

Conjugation

Conjugation of milovati
infinitive milovati
present verbal adverb mȉlujūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun mȉlovānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present milujem miluješ miluje milujemo milujete miluju
future future I milovat ću1
milovaću
milovat ćeš1
milovaćeš
milovat će1
milovaće
milovat ćemo1
milovaćemo
milovat ćete1
milovaćete
milovat ćē1
milovaće
future II bȕdēm milovao2 bȕdēš milovao2 bȕdē milovao2 bȕdēmo milovali2 bȕdēte milovali2 bȕdū milovali2
past perfect milovao sam2 milovao si2 milovao je2 milovali smo2 milovali ste2 milovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam milovao2 bȉo si milovao2 bȉo je milovao2 bíli smo milovali2 bíli ste milovali2 bíli su milovali2
imperfect milovah milovaše milovaše milovasmo milovaste milovahu
conditional conditional I milovao bih2 milovao bi2 milovao bi2 milovali bismo2 milovali biste2 milovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih milovao2 bȉo bi milovao2 bȉo bi milovao2 bíli bismo milovali2 bíli biste milovali2 bíli bi milovali2
imperative miluj milujmo milujte
active past participle milovao m / milovala f / milovalo n milovali m / milovale f / milovala n
passive past participle milovan m / milovana f / milovano n milovani m / milovane f / milovana 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.

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