bdeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian): bdjȅti

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bъděti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to (be) awake”), cognate with Czech bdít.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bdêti/
Hyphenation: bde‧ti

Verb

bdȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling бде̏ти)

(intransitive) to watch over, keep vigil (+ nad (“over”) + instrumental)
c(ij)elu noć je majka bd(j)ela nad d(j)etetom ― the mother was watching over the child the whole night

Conjugation

Conjugation of bdeti

Infinitive: bdeti		Present verbal adverb: bdȇći/bdȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bdénje/bdēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bdem / bdim	bdeš / bdiš	bde / bdi	bdemo / bdimo	bdete / bdite	bdiju / bde
Future	Future I	bdet ću¹ bdeću	bdet ćeš¹ bdećeš	bdet će¹ bdeće	bdet ćemo¹ bdećemo	bdet ćete¹ bdećete	bdet će¹ bdeće
Future	Future II	budem bdeo²	budeš bdeo²	bude bdeo²	budemo bdeli²	budete bdeli²	budu bdeli²
Past	Perfect	bdeo sam²	bdeo si²	bdeo je²	bdeli smo²	bdeli ste²	bdeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam bdeo²	bio si bdeo²	bio je bdeo²	bili smo bdeli²	bili ste bdeli²	bili su bdeli²
	Imperfect	bdijah / bđah	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijaše / bđaše	bdijasmo / bđasmo	bdijaste / bđaste	bdijahu / bđahu
Conditional I		bdeo bih²	bdeo bi²	bdeo bi²	bdeli bismo²	bdeli biste²	bdeli bi²
Conditional II		bio bih bdeo²	bio bi bdeo²	bio bi bdeo²	bili bismo bdeli²	bili biste bdeli²	bili bi bdeli²
Imperative		—	bdij / bdi	—	bdijmo / bdimo	bdijte / bdite	—
Active past participle		bdeo m / bdela f / bdelo n			bdeli m / bdele f / bdela 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.

Derived terms

pròbdeti

References

“bdeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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