uspavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

u- +‎ spavati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uspǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: u‧spa‧va‧ti

Verb

uspávati pf (Cyrillic spelling успа́вати)

  1. (transitive) to put to sleep
  2. (transitive) to benumb, deaden
  3. (reflexive) to oversleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of uspavati
infinitive uspavati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb uspávāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present uspavam uspavaš uspava uspavamo uspavate uspavaju
future future I uspavat ću1
uspavaću
uspavat ćeš1
uspavaćeš
uspavat će1
uspavaće
uspavat ćemo1
uspavaćemo
uspavat ćete1
uspavaćete
uspavat ćē1
uspavaće
future II bȕdēm uspavao2 bȕdēš uspavao2 bȕdē uspavao2 bȕdēmo uspavali2 bȕdēte uspavali2 bȕdū uspavali2
past perfect uspavao sam2 uspavao si2 uspavao je2 uspavali smo2 uspavali ste2 uspavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam uspavao2 bȉo si uspavao2 bȉo je uspavao2 bíli smo uspavali2 bíli ste uspavali2 bíli su uspavali2
aorist uspavah uspava uspava uspavasmo uspavaste uspavaše
conditional conditional I uspavao bih2 uspavao bi2 uspavao bi2 uspavali bismo2 uspavali biste2 uspavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih uspavao2 bȉo bi uspavao2 bȉo bi uspavao2 bíli bismo uspavali2 bíli biste uspavali2 bíli bi uspavali2
imperative uspavaj uspavajmo uspavajte
active past participle uspavao m / uspavala f / uspavalo n uspavali m / uspavale f / uspavala n
passive past participle uspavan m / uspavana f / uspavano n uspavani m / uspavane f / uspavana 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

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