sažaliti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From sa- +‎ žaliti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sǎʒaliti/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ža‧li‧ti

Verb

sàžaliti pf (Cyrillic spelling са̀жалити)

  1. (reflexive) to pity, take pity on (+ na (on))

Conjugation

Conjugation of sažaliti
infinitive sažaliti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb sàžalīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present sažalim sažališ sažali sažalimo sažalite sažale
future future I sažalit ću1
sažaliću
sažalit ćeš1
sažalićeš
sažalit će1
sažaliće
sažalit ćemo1
sažalićemo
sažalit ćete1
sažalićete
sažalit ćē1
sažaliće
future II bȕdēm sažalio2 bȕdēš sažalio2 bȕdē sažalio2 bȕdēmo sažalili2 bȕdēte sažalili2 bȕdū sažalili2
past perfect sažalio sam2 sažalio si2 sažalio je2 sažalili smo2 sažalili ste2 sažalili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam sažalio2 bȉo si sažalio2 bȉo je sažalio2 bíli smo sažalili2 bíli ste sažalili2 bíli su sažalili2
aorist sažalih sažali sažali sažalismo sažaliste sažališe
conditional conditional I sažalio bih2 sažalio bi2 sažalio bi2 sažalili bismo2 sažalili biste2 sažalili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih sažalio2 bȉo bi sažalio2 bȉo bi sažalio2 bíli bismo sažalili2 bíli biste sažalili2 bíli bi sažalili2
imperative sažali sažalimo sažalite
active past participle sažalio m / sažalila f / sažalilo n sažalili m / sažalile f / sažalila 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

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