tepati

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teti or *tepti. Doublet of teti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈtɛpaci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈtɛpaci/

Verb

tepati impf

  1. to beat
    Synonyms: teti, tlúci, bíti

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Czech: tepat

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teti (to beat) (Russian тепти́ (teptí), Czech tepati), Lithuanian tepti. Akin to tȅpsti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /têpati/
  • Hyphenation: te‧pa‧ti

Verb

tȅpati impf (Cyrillic spelling те̏пати)

  1. (intransitive) to babble (of a baby)
  2. (intransitive, with dative) to use baby talk, coo
  3. (reflexive, Torlakian) to fight
    • 2005, Kulin Ban, Žali, Zare, da žalimo:
      pa će pređem Vardar vodu, Vardar vodu băš golemu,
      će se tepam s tija Turci, s tija Turci Arnauti.
      then I will cross the Vardar water, the Vardar water truly wide,
      I will fight with those Turks, with those Turk Arnauts.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tepati
infinitive tepati
present verbal adverb tȅpajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun tȅpānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present tepam tepaš tepa tepamo tepate tepaju
future future I tepat ću1
tepaću
tepat ćeš1
tepaćeš
tepat će1
tepaće
tepat ćemo1
tepaćemo
tepat ćete1
tepaćete
tepat ćē1
tepaće
future II bȕdēm tepao2 bȕdēš tepao2 bȕdē tepao2 bȕdēmo tepali2 bȕdēte tepali2 bȕdū tepali2
past perfect tepao sam2 tepao si2 tepao je2 tepali smo2 tepali ste2 tepali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam tepao2 bȉo si tepao2 bȉo je tepao2 bíli smo tepali2 bíli ste tepali2 bíli su tepali2
imperfect tepah tepaše tepaše tepasmo tepaste tepahu
conditional conditional I tepao bih2 tepao bi2 tepao bi2 tepali bismo2 tepali biste2 tepali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih tepao2 bȉo bi tepao2 bȉo bi tepao2 bíli bismo tepali2 bíli biste tepali2 bíli bi tepali2
imperative tepaj tepajmo tepajte
active past participle tepao m / tepala f / tepalo n tepali m / tepale f / tepala 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.

References

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