okovati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ kovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /okǒʋati/
  • Hyphenation: o‧ko‧va‧ti

Verb

okòvati pf (Cyrillic spelling око̀вати)

  1. (transitive) to shackle, chain
  2. (transitive) to cover, plate, overlay (with gold or silver)

Conjugation

Conjugation of okovati
infinitive okovati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb okòvāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present okujem okuješ okuje okujemo okujete okuju
future future I okovat ću1
okovaću
okovat ćeš1
okovaćeš
okovat će1
okovaće
okovat ćemo1
okovaćemo
okovat ćete1
okovaćete
okovat ćē1
okovaće
future II bȕdēm okovao2 bȕdēš okovao2 bȕdē okovao2 bȕdēmo okovali2 bȕdēte okovali2 bȕdū okovali2
past perfect okovao sam2 okovao si2 okovao je2 okovali smo2 okovali ste2 okovali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam okovao2 bȉo si okovao2 bȉo je okovao2 bíli smo okovali2 bíli ste okovali2 bíli su okovali2
aorist okovah okova okova okovasmo okovaste okovaše
conditional conditional I okovao bih2 okovao bi2 okovao bi2 okovali bismo2 okovali biste2 okovali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih okovao2 bȉo bi okovao2 bȉo bi okovao2 bíli bismo okovali2 bíli biste okovali2 bíli bi okovali2
imperative okuj okujmo okujte
active past participle okovao m / okovala f / okovalo n okovali m / okovale f / okovala n
passive past participle okovan m / okovana f / okovano n okovani m / okovane f / okovana 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

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