spasti

See also: Spasti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From s- +‎ pasti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spâsti/
Hyphenation: spa‧sti

Verb

spȁsti pf (Cyrillic spelling спа̏сти)

(intransitive) to fall down
(intransitive) to decline
(intransitive) to be reduced to, be lowered or debased

Conjugation

Conjugation of *spasti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		spasti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		spȃvši
verbal noun		—

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		spadnem, spanem	spadneš, spaneš	spadne, spane	spadnemo, spanemo	spadnete, spanete	spadnu, spanu
future	future I	spast ću¹ spašću	spast ćeš¹ spašćeš	spast će¹ spašće	spast ćemo¹ spašćemo	spast ćete¹ spašćete	spast ćē¹ spašće
future	future II	bȕdēm spao²	bȕdēš spao²	bȕdē spao²	bȕdēmo spali²	bȕdēte spali²	bȕdū spali²
past	perfect	spao sam²	spao si²	spao je²	spali smo²	spali ste²	spali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam spao²	bȉo si spao²	bȉo je spao²	bíli smo spali²	bíli ste spali²	bíli su spali²
	aorist	spadoh	spade	spade	spadosmo	spadoste	spadoše
conditional	conditional I	spao bih²	spao bi²	spao bi²	spali bismo²	spali biste²	spali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih spao²	bȉo bi spao²	bȉo bi spao²	bíli bismo spali²	bíli biste spali²	bíli bi spali²
imperative		—	spadni, spani	—	spadnimo, spanimo	spadnite, spanite	—
active past participle		spao m / spala f / spalo n			spali m / spale f / spala 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.

Related terms

spȁdati impf

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

spásiti (Croatia)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spâːsti/
Hyphenation: spa‧sti

Verb

spȃsti pf (Cyrillic spelling спа̑сти)

(Bosnia, Serbia, transitive) to save, salvage, rescue

Conjugation

Conjugation of *spasti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		spasti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		spīvši
verbal noun		—

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		spasem	spaseš	spase	spasemo	spasete	spasu
future	future I	spast ću¹ spašću	spast ćeš¹ spašćeš	spast će¹ spašće	spast ćemo¹ spašćemo	spast ćete¹ spašćete	spast ćē¹ spašće
future	future II	bȕdēm spasao²	bȕdēš spasao²	bȕdē spasao²	bȕdēmo spasli²	bȕdēte spasli²	bȕdū spasli²
past	perfect	spasao sam²	spasao si²	spasao je²	spasli smo²	spasli ste²	spasli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam spasao²	bȉo si spasao²	bȉo je spasao²	bíli smo spasli²	bíli ste spasli²	bíli su spasli²
	aorist	spasoh	spase	spase	spasosmo	spasoste	spasoše
conditional	conditional I	spasao bih²	spasao bi²	spasao bi²	spasli bismo²	spasli biste²	spasli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih spasao²	bȉo bi spasao²	bȉo bi spasao²	bíli bismo spasli²	bíli biste spasli²	bíli bi spasli²
imperative		—	spasi	—	spasimo	spasite	—
active past participle		spasao m / spasla f / spaslo n			spasli m / spasle f / spasla n
passive past participle		spasen m / spasena f / spaseno n			spaseni m / spasene f / spasena 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.

Related terms

spasávati / spašávati impf

References

“spasti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“spasti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
“spasti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume V, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 926