slediti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slěditi.

Alternative forms

• slijéditi (Ijekavian)
• sliditi (Ikavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slěːditi/
• Hyphenation: sle‧di‧ti

Verb

sléditi impf (Cyrillic spelling сле́дити)

1. (transitive) to follow
2. (intransitive) to come next, follow
3. (intransitive) to appear, seem, follow

Conjugation

Conjugation of slediti

Infinitive: slediti		Present verbal adverb: slédēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: sléđēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		sledim	slediš	sledi	sledimo	sledite	slede
Future	Future I	sledit ću1 slediću	sledit ćeš1 sledićeš	sledit će1 slediće	sledit ćemo1 sledićemo	sledit ćete1 sledićete	sledit će1 slediće
	Future II	bȕdēm sledio2	bȕdēš sledio2	bȕdē sledio2	bȕdēmo sledili2	bȕdēte sledili2	bȕdū sledili2
Past	Perfect	sledio sam2	sledio si2	sledio je2	sledili smo2	sledili ste2	sledili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam sledio2	bȉo si sledio2	bȉo je sledio2	bíli smo sledili2	bíli ste sledili2	bíli su sledili2
	Imperfect	sleđah	sleđaše	sleđaše	sleđasmo	sleđaste	sleđahu
Conditional I		sledio bih2	sledio bi2	sledio bi2	sledili bismo2	sledili biste2	sledili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih sledio2	bȉo bi sledio2	bȉo bi sledio2	bíli bismo sledili2	bíli biste sledili2	bíli bi sledili2
Imperative		—	sledi	—	sledimo	sledite	—
Active past participle		sledio m / sledila f / sledilo n			sledili m / sledile f / sledila n
Passive past participle		sleđen m / sleđena f / sleđeno n			sleđeni m / sleđene f / sleđena 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.

Related terms

• slȅdovati impf

Etymology 2

From s- +‎ lediti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slěditi/
• Hyphenation: sle‧di‧ti

Verb

slèditi pf (Cyrillic spelling слѐдити)

1. (reflexive) to freeze (turn to ice)

Conjugation

Conjugation of slediti

Infinitive: slediti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: slèdīvši		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		sledim	slediš	sledi	sledimo	sledite	slede
Future	Future I	sledit ću1 slediću	sledit ćeš1 sledićeš	sledit će1 slediće	sledit ćemo1 sledićemo	sledit ćete1 sledićete	sledit će1 slediće
	Future II	bȕdēm sledio2	bȕdēš sledio2	bȕdē sledio2	bȕdēmo sledili2	bȕdēte sledili2	bȕdū sledili2
Past	Perfect	sledio sam2	sledio si2	sledio je2	sledili smo2	sledili ste2	sledili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam sledio2	bȉo si sledio2	bȉo je sledio2	bíli smo sledili2	bíli ste sledili2	bíli su sledili2
	Aorist	sledih	sledi	sledi	sledismo	slediste	slediše
Conditional I		sledio bih2	sledio bi2	sledio bi2	sledili bismo2	sledili biste2	sledili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih sledio2	bȉo bi sledio2	bȉo bi sledio2	bíli bismo sledili2	bíli biste sledili2	bíli bi sledili2
Imperative		—	sledi	—	sledimo	sledite	—
Active past participle		sledio m / sledila f / sledilo n			sledili m / sledile f / sledila n
Passive past participle		sleđen m / sleđena f / sleđeno n			sleđeni m / sleđene f / sleđena 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.

Related terms

• sleđívati impf

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slěditi. Equivalent to slẹ̑d +‎ -iti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slɛdìːti/, /slɛdíːti/

Verb

sledīti impf

1. to follow

Inflection

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive	sledīti
1st singular	sledím
infinitive	sledīti			sledȋt, sledȉt
supine	sledȋt
verbal noun	sledénje
	participle			converb
present	sledȅč			—
past	sledȅn			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	sledȋł		sledíla		sledȋlo
dual	sledȋla		sledȋli		sledȋli
plural	sledȋli		sledȋle		sledȋla
	present			imperative
1st singular	sledím			—
2nd singular	sledíš			slẹ́di
3rd singular	sledí			—
1st dual	sledíva			sledȋva
2nd dual	sledíta			sledȋta
3rd dual	sledíta			—
1st plural	sledímo			sledȋmo
2nd plural	sledíte			sledȋte
3rd plural	sledíjo			—

Derived terms

• izsledīti
• nasledīti
• zasledīti

Further reading

• “slediti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024