sevati

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
सेवति (Devanagari script)
সেৱতি (Bengali script)
සෙවති (Sinhalese script)
သေဝတိ (Burmese script)
เสวติ (Thai script)
ᩈᩮᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
សេវតិ (Khmer script)

Verb

sevati

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Derived terms

nisevati
paṭisevati
saṃsevati
upasevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): sijévati

Etymology

Akin to Slovene sevati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sěːʋati/
Hyphenation: se‧va‧ti

Verb

sévati impf (Cyrillic spelling се́вати)

(intransitive) to flash, to light up (chiefly referring to thunder)

s(ij)eva ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

munje s(ij)evaju ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(intransitive) to twinkle, shimmer, blink

noževi su s(ij)evali ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(intransitive) to move rapidly (of a punch)

šaka je s(ij)evnula ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sevati

Infinitive: sevati		Present verbal adverb: sévajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: sévānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		sevam	sevaš	seva	sevamo	sevate	sevaju
Future	Future I	sevat ću¹ sevaću	sevat ćeš¹ sevaćeš	sevat će¹ sevaće	sevat ćemo¹ sevaćemo	sevat ćete¹ sevaćete	sevat će¹ sevaće
Future	Future II	budem sevao²	budeš sevao²	bude sevao²	budemo sevali²	budete sevali²	budu sevali²
Past	Perfect	sevao sam²	sevao si²	sevao je²	sevali smo²	sevali ste²	sevali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam sevao²	bio si sevao²	bio je sevao²	bili smo sevali²	bili ste sevali²	bili su sevali²
	Imperfect	sevah	sevaše	sevaše	sevasmo	sevaste	sevahu
Conditional I		sevao bih²	sevao bi²	sevao bi²	sevali bismo²	sevali biste²	sevali bi²
Conditional II		bio bih sevao²	bio bi sevao²	bio bi sevao²	bili bismo sevali²	bili biste sevali²	bili bi sevali²
Imperative		—	sevaj	—	sevajmo	sevajte	—
Active past participle		sevao m / sevala f / sevalo n			sevali m / sevale f / sevala 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

References

“sevati” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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