poviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ viti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǒʋiti/
Hyphenation: po‧vi‧ti

Verb

pòviti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀вити)

(transitive) to bend
(transitive) to dress, bandage (wound)
(transitive) to diaper (put diapers on someone)
(reflexive, disapprovingly) to conform, adjust (of a person)

Conjugation

Conjugation of poviti

Infinitive: poviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pòvīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		povijem	poviješ	povije	povijemo	povijete	poviju
Future	Future I	povit ću¹ poviću	povit ćeš¹ povićeš	povit će¹ poviće	povit ćemo¹ povićemo	povit ćete¹ povićete	povit će¹ poviće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm povio²	bȕdēš povio²	bȕdē povio²	bȕdēmo povili²	bȕdēte povili²	bȕdū povili²
Past	Perfect	povio sam²	povio si²	povio je²	povili smo²	povili ste²	povili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam povio²	bȉo si povio²	bȉo je povio²	bíli smo povili²	bíli ste povili²	bíli su povili²
	Aorist	povih	povi	povi	povismo	poviste	poviše
Conditional I		povio bih²	povio bi²	povio bi²	povili bismo²	povili biste²	povili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih povio²	bȉo bi povio²	bȉo bi povio²	bíli bismo povili²	bíli biste povili²	bíli bi povili²
Imperative		—	povij	—	povijmo	povijte	—
Active past participle		povio m / povila f / povilo n			povili m / povile f / povila n
Passive past participle		povijen / povit m / povijena / povita f / povijeno / povito n			povijeni / poviti m / povijene / povite f / povijena / povita 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

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