padati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàdati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâdati/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧da‧ti

Verb

pȁdati impf (Cyrillic spelling па̏дати)

  1. (intransitive) to fall
    Knjiga se zatvara i pada na pod.The book closes and falls on the floor.

Conjugation

Conjugation of padati
infinitive padati
present verbal adverb pȁdajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun pȁdānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present padam padaš pada padamo padate padaju
future future I padat ću1
padaću
padat ćeš1
padaćeš
padat će1
padaće
padat ćemo1
padaćemo
padat ćete1
padaćete
padat ćē1
padaće
future II bȕdēm padao2 bȕdēš padao2 bȕdē padao2 bȕdēmo padali2 bȕdēte padali2 bȕdū padali2
past perfect padao sam2 padao si2 padao je2 padali smo2 padali ste2 padali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam padao2 bȉo si padao2 bȉo je padao2 bíli smo padali2 bíli ste padali2 bíli su padali2
imperfect padah padaše padaše padasmo padaste padahu
conditional conditional I padao bih2 padao bi2 padao bi2 padali bismo2 padali biste2 padali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih padao2 bȉo bi padao2 bȉo bi padao2 bíli bismo padali2 bíli biste padali2 bíli bi padali2
imperative padaj padajmo padajte
active past participle padao m / padala f / padalo n padali m / padale f / padala 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *padati. Equivalent to pásti +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pàːdati/, /páːdati/

Verb

pādati impf

  1. to fall, to drop

Conjugation

-ati -am (AP a)
infinitive pádati
1st singular pȃdam
infinitive pádati pádat
supine pádat
verbal noun pádanje
participle converb
present padajọ̄č padȃje
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular pádał pādala pádalo
dual pádala pádali pádali
plural pádali pádale pádala
present imperative
1st singular pȃdam
2nd singular pȃdaš pádaj
3rd singular pȃda
1st dual pȃdava pádajva
2nd dual pȃdata pádajta
3rd dual pȃdata
1st plural pȃdamo pádajmo
2nd plural pȃdate pádajte
3rd plural pȃdajo
-ati -am (circumflex)
infinitive pȃdati
1st singular pȃdam
infinitive pȃdati pȃdat
supine pȃdat
verbal noun pȃdanje
participle converb
present padajọ̄č padȃje
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular pȃdał pȃdala pȃdalo
dual pȃdala pȃdali pȃdali
plural pȃdali pȃdale pȃdala
present imperative
1st singular pȃdam
2nd singular pȃdaš pȃdaj
3rd singular pȃda
1st dual pȃdava pȃdajva
2nd dual pȃdata pȃdajta
3rd dual pȃdata
1st plural pȃdamo pȃdajmo
2nd plural pȃdate pȃdajte
3rd plural pȃdajo

Derived terms

Further reading

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