nositi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nositi, iterative form of *nesti (to carry, bring), whence also nȅsti (to lay eggs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǒsiti/
  • Hyphenation: no‧si‧ti

Verb

nòsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling но̀сити)

  1. (ambitransitive) to carry, bring
  2. (transitive) to wear
  3. (transitive) to produce, bear (fruit)
  4. (reflexive) to cope with, to bear, to handle

Conjugation

Conjugation of nòsiti
infinitive nòsiti
present verbal adverb nȍsēći
past verbal adverb nòsīvši
verbal noun nȍšēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present nȍsīm nȍsīš nȍsī nȍsīmo nȍsīte nȍsē
future future I nòsit ću1
nòsiću
nòsit ćeš1
nòsićeš
nòsit će1
nòsiće
nòsit ćemo1
nòsićemo
nòsit ćete1
nòsićete
nòsit ćē1
nòsiće
future II bȕdēm nòsio2 bȕdēš nòsio2 bȕdē nòsio2 bȕdēmo nòsili2 bȕdēte nòsili2 bȕdū nòsili2
past perfect nòsio sam2 nòsio si2 nòsio je2 nòsili smo2 nòsili ste2 nòsili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam nòsio2 bȉo si nòsio2 bȉo je nòsio2 bíli smo nòsili2 bíli ste nòsili2 bíli su nòsili2
aorist nòsih nòsi nòsi nòsismo nòsiste nòsiše
imperfect nȍšāh nȍšāše nȍšāše nȍšāsmo nȍšāste nȍšāhu
conditional conditional I nòsio bih2 nòsio bi2 nòsio bi2 nòsili bismo2 nòsili biste2 nòsili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih nòsio2 bȉo bi nòsio2 bȉo bi nòsio2 bíli bismo nòsili2 bíli biste nòsili2 bíli bi nòsili2
imperative nòsi nòsimo nòsite
active past participle nòsio m / nòsila f / nòsilo n nòsili m / nòsile f / nòsila n
passive past participle nȍšen m / nȍšena f / nȍšeno n nȍšeni m / nȍšene f / nȍšena 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

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nositi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔsìːti/, /nɔsíːti/

Verb

nosīti impf

  1. to carry

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive nosīti
1st singular nọ́sim
infinitive nosīti nósit
supine nósit
verbal noun nọ́šenje
participle converb
present nosȅč
past nọ́šen
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular nósił nosȋla nosílo
dual nosíla nosíli nosíli
plural nosíli nosíle nosíla
present imperative
1st singular nọ́sim
2nd singular nọ́siš nósi
3rd singular nọ́si
1st dual nọ́siva nosȋva
2nd dual nọ́sita nosȋta
3rd dual nọ́sita
1st plural nọ́simo nosȋmo
2nd plural nọ́site nosȋte
3rd plural nọ́sijo

Derived terms

Further reading

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