svanuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svьnǫti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwístei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʋǎnuti/
  • Hyphenation: sva‧nu‧ti

Verb

svànuti pf (Cyrillic spelling сва̀нути)

  1. to dawn (begin to brighten with daylight)

Conjugation

Conjugation of svanuti
infinitive svanuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb svànūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present svanem svaneš svane svanemo svanete svanu
future future I svanut ću1
svanuću
svanut ćeš1
svanućeš
svanut će1
svanuće
svanut ćemo1
svanućemo
svanut ćete1
svanućete
svanut ćē1
svanuće
future II bȕdēm svanuo2 bȕdēš svanuo2 bȕdē svanuo2 bȕdēmo svanuli2 bȕdēte svanuli2 bȕdū svanuli2
past perfect svanuo sam2 svanuo si2 svanuo je2 svanuli smo2 svanuli ste2 svanuli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam svanuo2 bȉo si svanuo2 bȉo je svanuo2 bíli smo svanuli2 bíli ste svanuli2 bíli su svanuli2
aorist svanuh svanu svanu svanusmo svanuste svanuše
conditional conditional I svanuo bih2 svanuo bi2 svanuo bi2 svanuli bismo2 svanuli biste2 svanuli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih svanuo2 bȉo bi svanuo2 bȉo bi svanuo2 bíli bismo svanuli2 bíli biste svanuli2 bíli bi svanuli2
imperative svani svanimo svanite
active past participle svanuo m / svanula f / svanulo n svanuli m / svanule f / svanula 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.

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