loviti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫoʋici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlovici/

Verb

loviti impf

1. to hunt
2. to chase

Conjugation

Conjugation of loviti (class IV)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
loviti	lovit	lov́enie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	lov́u	lovívě (-va)	lovím (-me/-my)	–	lovvě, lovivě (-va)	lovme, lovim (-me/-my)
2nd person	lovíš	lovíta	lovíte	lov, lovi	lovta, lovita	lovte, lovite
3rd person	loví	lovíta	lovie	lov, lovi	lovta, lovita	lovte, lovite

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	lovich	lovichově (-va)	lovichom (-me/-my)	loviech	loviechově (-va)	loviechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	lovi	lovista (-šta)	loviste (-šte)	lovieše	loviešta (-sta)	loviešte (-ste)
3rd person	lovi	lovista (-šta)	lovichu	lovieše	loviešta (-sta)	loviechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	lovil	lovila	lovili	lov́en	lov́ena	lov́eni
Feminine	lovila	lovile	lovily	lov́ena	lov́eně	lov́eny
Neuter	lovilo	lovile	lovila	lov́eno	lov́eně	lov́ena

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	lově	loviece		loviv	lovivše
Feminine	lovieci			lovivši
Neuter	lově, lovieci			loviv, lovivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of loviti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• lov
• naloviti
• uloviti
• vyloviti

 

Descendants

• Czech: lovit

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “loviti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǒʋiti/
• Hyphenation: lo‧vi‧ti

Verb

lòviti impf (Cyrillic spelling ло̀вити)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to hunt
2. (transitive, intransitive) to chase, pursue
3. (transitive) to catch

Conjugation

Conjugation of loviti

Infinitive: loviti		Present verbal adverb: lòvēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: lòvljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		lovim	loviš	lovi	lovimo	lovite	love
Future	Future I	lovit ću1 loviću	lovit ćeš1 lovićeš	lovit će1 loviće	lovit ćemo1 lovićemo	lovit ćete1 lovićete	lovit će1 loviće
	Future II	bȕdēm lovio2	bȕdēš lovio2	bȕdē lovio2	bȕdēmo lovili2	bȕdēte lovili2	bȕdū lovili2
Past	Perfect	lovio sam2	lovio si2	lovio je2	lovili smo2	lovili ste2	lovili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam lovio2	bȉo si lovio2	bȉo je lovio2	bíli smo lovili2	bíli ste lovili2	bíli su lovili2
	Imperfect	lovljah	lovljaše	lovljaše	lovljasmo	lovljaste	lovljahu
Conditional I		lovio bih2	lovio bi2	lovio bi2	lovili bismo2	lovili biste2	lovili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih lovio2	bȉo bi lovio2	bȉo bi lovio2	bíli bismo lovili2	bíli biste lovili2	bíli bi lovili2
Imperative		—	lovi	—	lovimo	lovite	—
Active past participle		lovio m / lovila f / lovilo n			lovili m / lovile f / lovila n
Passive past participle		lovljen m / lovljena f / lovljeno n			lovljeni m / lovljene f / lovljena 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.

Derived terms

• izlòviti
• nalòviti
• polòviti
• ulòviti

Related terms

nouns

• lovac
• lovište
• lovočuvar

 

Further reading

• “loviti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *loviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔʋìːti/, /lɔʋíːti/
• Hyphenation: lo‧ví‧ti

Verb

lovīti impf

1. to chase, pursue
2. to hunt
3. to catch

Inflection

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive	lovīti
1st singular	lovím
infinitive	lovīti			lovȋt, lovȉt
supine	lovȋt
verbal noun	lovljénje
	participle			converb
present	lovȅč			—
past	lovljȅn			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	lovȋł		lovíla		lovȋlo
dual	lovȋla		lovȋli		lovȋli
plural	lovȋli		lovȋle		lovȋla
	present			imperative
1st singular	lovím			—
2nd singular	lovíš			lóvi
3rd singular	loví			—
1st dual	lovíva			lovȋva
2nd dual	lovíta			lovȋta
3rd dual	lovíta			—
1st plural	lovímo			lovȋmo
2nd plural	lovíte			lovȋte
3rd plural	lovíjo			—

Derived terms

• lȍv
• lȏv
• izlovīti
• nalovīti
• polovīti
• ulovīti

Further reading

• “loviti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran