smeti

See also: смети and smetí

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• smjȅti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smêti/
• Hyphenation: sme‧ti

Verb

smȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling сме̏ти)

1. (intransitive) can, may, be allowed to
2. (intransitive) to dare, venture

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeti

Infinitive: smeti		Present verbal adverb: smȅjūći		Past verbal adverb: smȇvši		Verbal noun: smenje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		smem	smeš	sme	smemo	smete	smeju
Future	Future I	smet ću1 smeću	smet ćeš1 smećeš	smet će1 smeće	smet ćemo1 smećemo	smet ćete1 smećete	smet će1 smeće
	Future II	bȕdēm smeo2	bȕdēš smeo2	bȕdē smeo2	bȕdēmo smeli2	bȕdēte smeli2	bȕdū smeli2
Past	Perfect	smeo sam2	smeo si2	smeo je2	smeli smo2	smeli ste2	smeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam smeo2	bȉo si smeo2	bȉo je smeo2	bíli smo smeli2	bíli ste smeli2	bíli su smeli2
	Imperfect	smejah	smejaše	smejaše	smejasmo	smejaste	smejahu
Conditional I		smeo bih2	smeo bi2	smeo bi2	smeli bismo2	smeli biste2	smeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih smeo2	bȉo bi smeo2	bȉo bi smeo2	bíli bismo smeli2	bíli biste smeli2	bíli bi smeli2
Imperative		—	smej	—	smejmo	smejte	—
Active past participle		smeo m / smela f / smelo n			smeli m / smele f / smela 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.

Verb

smeti (Cyrillic spelling смети)

1. second-person singular imperative of smesti

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъměti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smèːti/

Verb

smẹ́ti impf

1. to be allowed
2. may

Inflection

infinitive	smẹ́ti
1st singular	smẹ̑m
infinitive	smẹ́ti			smȅt
supine	—
verbal noun	—
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	smȅł, smẹ̑ł		smẹ̄la		smẹ̄lo
dual	smẹ̄la		smẹ̄li		smẹ̄li
plural	smẹ̄li		smẹ̄le		smẹ̄la
	present			imperative
1st singular	smẹ̑m			—
2nd singular	smẹ̑š			—
3rd singular	smẹ̑			—
1st dual	smẹ̑va			—
2nd dual	smẹ̑ta			—
3rd dual	smẹ̑ta			—
1st plural	smẹ̑mo			—
2nd plural	smẹ̑te			—
3rd plural	smẹ̑jo			—

Noun

smetí

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of smẹ̑t

Further reading

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