nazvati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ zvati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎzʋati/
  • Hyphenation: na‧zva‧ti

Verb

nàzvati pf (Cyrillic spelling на̀звати)

  1. (transitive) to name
  2. (transitive) to call (person)
  3. (transitive) to call somebody by telephone

Conjugation

Conjugation of nazvati
infinitive nazvati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb nàzvāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present nazovem nazoveš nazove nazovemo nazovete nazovu
future future I nazvat ću1
nazvaću
nazvat ćeš1
nazvaćeš
nazvat će1
nazvaće
nazvat ćemo1
nazvaćemo
nazvat ćete1
nazvaćete
nazvat ćē1
nazvaće
future II bȕdēm nazvao2 bȕdēš nazvao2 bȕdē nazvao2 bȕdēmo nazvali2 bȕdēte nazvali2 bȕdū nazvali2
past perfect nazvao sam2 nazvao si2 nazvao je2 nazvali smo2 nazvali ste2 nazvali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam nazvao2 bȉo si nazvao2 bȉo je nazvao2 bíli smo nazvali2 bíli ste nazvali2 bíli su nazvali2
aorist nazvah nazva nazva nazvasmo nazvaste nazvaše
conditional conditional I nazvao bih2 nazvao bi2 nazvao bi2 nazvali bismo2 nazvali biste2 nazvali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih nazvao2 bȉo bi nazvao2 bȉo bi nazvao2 bíli bismo nazvali2 bíli biste nazvali2 bíli bi nazvali2
imperative nazovi nazovimo nazovite
active past participle nazvao m / nazvala f / nazvalo n nazvali m / nazvale f / nazvala n
passive past participle nazvan m / nazvana f / nazvano n nazvani m / nazvane f / nazvana 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

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