mešati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

mijéšati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měšati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /měːʃati/
Hyphenation: me‧ša‧ti

Verb

méšati impf (Cyrillic spelling ме́шати)

(transitive) to mix, blend, mingle
(reflexive) to interfere with (conversation, topic etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mešati

Infinitive: mešati		Present verbal adverb: mešajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: mešānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		mešam	mešaš	meša	mešamo	mešate	mešaju
Future	Future I	mešat ću¹ mešaću	mešat ćeš¹ mešaćeš	mešat će¹ mešaće	mešat ćemo¹ mešaćemo	mešat ćete¹ mešaćete	mešat će¹ mešaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm mešao²	bȕdēš mešao²	bȕdē mešao²	bȕdēmo mešali²	bȕdēte mešali²	bȕdū mešali²
Past	Perfect	mešao sam²	mešao si²	mešao je²	mešali smo²	mešali ste²	mešali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam mešao²	bȉo si mešao²	bȉo je mešao²	bíli smo mešali²	bíli ste mešali²	bíli su mešali²
	Imperfect	mešah	mešaše	mešaše	mešasmo	mešaste	mešahu
Conditional I		mešao bih²	mešao bi²	mešao bi²	mešali bismo²	mešali biste²	mešali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih mešao²	bȉo bi mešao²	bȉo bi mešao²	bíli bismo mešali²	bíli biste mešali²	bíli bi mešali²
Imperative		—	mešaj	—	mešajmo	mešajte	—
Active past participle		mešao m / mešala f / mešalo n			mešali m / mešale f / mešala n
Passive past participle		mešan m / mešana f / mešano n			mešani m / mešane f / mešana 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *měšati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mèːʃati/, /mɛʃàːti/

Verb

mẹ́šati or mešáti impf

to mix
to mix up, to confuse

Inflection

-ati -am (AP b)
infinitive	mẹ́šati, mešáti
1st singular	mẹ́šam
infinitive	mẹ́šati, mešáti		mešat
supine	mẹ́šat
verbal noun	mẹ́šanje, mešȃnje
	participle		converb
present	mesajọ̄č		mesȃje
past	mẹ́šan		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	mẹ́šał	mešȃla		mešálo
dual	mešála	mešáli		mešáli
plural	mešáli	mešále		mešála
	present		imperative
1st singular	mẹ́šam		—
2nd singular	mẹ́šaš		mẹ́šaj
3rd singular	mẹ́ša		—
1st dual	mẹ́šava		mẹ́šajva, mešȃjva
2nd dual	mẹ́šata		mẹ́šajta, mešȃjta
3rd dual	mẹ́šata		—
1st plural	mẹ́šamo		mẹ́šajmo, mešȃjmo
2nd plural	mẹ́šate		mẹ́šajte, mešȃjte
3rd plural	mẹ́šajo		—

Derived terms