kolebati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěbati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kolěbati/
Hyphenation: ko‧le‧ba‧ti

Verb

kolèbati impf (Cyrillic spelling колѐбати)

(reflexive) to hesitate
(intransitive) to sway, swing, oscillate

Conjugation

Conjugation of kolebati

Infinitive: kolebati		Present verbal adverb: kolèbajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kolèbānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		kolebam	kolebaš	koleba	kolebamo	kolebate	kolebaju
Future	Future I	kolebat ću¹ kolebaću	kolebat ćeš¹ kolebaćeš	kolebat će¹ kolebaće	kolebat ćemo¹ kolebaćemo	kolebat ćete¹ kolebaćete	kolebat će¹ kolebaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm kolebao²	bȕdēš kolebao²	bȕdē kolebao²	bȕdēmo kolebali²	bȕdēte kolebali²	bȕdū kolebali²
Past	Perfect	kolebao sam²	kolebao si²	kolebao je²	kolebali smo²	kolebali ste²	kolebali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam kolebao²	bȉo si kolebao²	bȉo je kolebao²	bíli smo kolebali²	bíli ste kolebali²	bíli su kolebali²
	Imperfect	kolebah	kolebaše	kolebaše	kolebasmo	kolebaste	kolebahu
Conditional I		kolebao bih²	kolebao bi²	kolebao bi²	kolebali bismo²	kolebali biste²	kolebali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih kolebao²	bȉo bi kolebao²	bȉo bi kolebao²	bíli bismo kolebali²	bíli biste kolebali²	bíli bi kolebali²
Imperative		—	kolebaj	—	kolebajmo	kolebajte	—
Active past participle		kolebao m / kolebala f / kolebalo n			kolebali m / kolebale f / kolebala 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

pokolèbati

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