smeti

See also: смети and smetí

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smêti/
  • Hyphenation: sme‧ti

Verb

smȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling сме̏ти)

  1. (intransitive) can, may, be allowed to
  2. (intransitive) to dare, venture

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeti
infinitive smeti
present verbal adverb smȅjūći
past verbal adverb smȇvši
verbal noun smenje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present smem smeš sme smemo smete smeju
future future I smet ću1
smeću
smet ćeš1
smećeš
smet će1
smeće
smet ćemo1
smećemo
smet ćete1
smećete
smet ćē1
smeće
future II bȕdēm smeo2 bȕdēš smeo2 bȕdē smeo2 bȕdēmo smeli2 bȕdēte smeli2 bȕdū smeli2
past perfect smeo sam2 smeo si2 smeo je2 smeli smo2 smeli ste2 smeli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam smeo2 bȉo si smeo2 bȉo je smeo2 bíli smo smeli2 bíli ste smeli2 bíli su smeli2
imperfect smejah smejaše smejaše smejasmo smejaste smejahu
conditional conditional I smeo bih2 smeo bi2 smeo bi2 smeli bismo2 smeli biste2 smeli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih smeo2 bȉo bi smeo2 bȉo bi smeo2 bíli bismo smeli2 bíli biste smeli2 bíli bi smeli2
imperative smej smejmo smejte
active past participle smeo m / smela f / smelo n smeli m / smele f / smela 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.

Verb

smeti (Cyrillic spelling смети)

  1. second-person singular imperative of smesti

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /smèːti/

Verb

smẹ́ti impf

  1. to be allowed
  2. may

Conjugation

infinitive smẹ́ti
1st singular smẹ̑m
infinitive smẹ́ti smȅt
supine
verbal noun
participle converb
present
past
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular smȅł, smẹ̑ł smẹ̄la smẹ̄lo
dual smẹ̄la smẹ̄li smẹ̄li
plural smẹ̄li smẹ̄le smẹ̄la
present imperative
1st singular smẹ̑m
2nd singular smẹ̑š
3rd singular smẹ̑
1st dual smẹ̑va
2nd dual smẹ̑ta
3rd dual smẹ̑ta
1st plural smẹ̑mo
2nd plural smẹ̑te
3rd plural smẹ̑jo

Noun

smetí

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of smẹ̑t

Further reading

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