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sevati

sevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): sijévati

Verb

sévati impf ‎(Cyrillic spelling се́вати)

(intransitive) to lightning

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 ću² sevaću	sevat ćeš² sevaćeš	sevat će² sevaće	sevat ćemo² sevaćemo	sevat ćete² sevaćete	sevat će² sevaće
Future	Future II	budem sevao¹	budeš sevao¹	bude sevao¹	budemo sevali¹	budete sevali¹	budu sevali¹
Past	Perfect	sevao sam¹	sevao si¹	sevao je¹	sevali smo¹	sevali ste¹	sevali su¹
	Pluperfect	bio sam sevao¹	bio si sevao¹	bio je sevao¹	bili smo sevali¹	bili ste sevali¹	bili su sevali¹
	Imperfect	sevah	sevaše	sevaše	sevasmo	sevaste	sevahu
Conditional I		sevao bih¹	sevao bi¹	sevao bi¹	sevali bismo¹	sevali biste¹	sevali bi¹
Conditional II		bio bih sevao¹	bio bi sevao¹	bio bi sevao¹	bili bismo sevali¹	bili biste sevali¹	bili bi sevali¹
Imperative		—	sevaj	—	sevajmo	sevajte	—
Active past participle		sevao m / sevala f / sevalo n			sevali m / sevale f / sevala n
¹ For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. ² Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

References

“sevati” in Hrvatski jezični portal