spasiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

spásti (Bosnian, Serbian)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spǎːsiti/
Hyphenation: spa‧si‧ti

Verb

spásiti pf (Cyrillic spelling спа́сити)

(transitive, Croatia, reflexive) to save, salvage (to help someone to survive)
(transitive, Croatia, reflexive) to rescue

Conjugation

Conjugation of spasiti

Infinitive: spasiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: spásīvši		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		spasim	spasiš	spasi	spasimo	spasite	spase
Future	Future I	spasit ću¹ spasiću	spasit ćeš¹ spasićeš	spasit će¹ spasiće	spasit ćemo¹ spasićemo	spasit ćete¹ spasićete	spasit će¹ spasiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm spasio²	bȕdēš spasio²	bȕdē spasio²	bȕdēmo spasili²	bȕdēte spasili²	bȕdū spasili²
Past	Perfect	spasio sam²	spasio si²	spasio je²	spasili smo²	spasili ste²	spasili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam spasio²	bȉo si spasio²	bȉo je spasio²	bíli smo spasili²	bíli ste spasili²	bíli su spasili²
	Aorist	spasih	spasi	spasi	spasismo	spasiste	spasiše
Conditional I		spasio bih²	spasio bi²	spasio bi²	spasili bismo²	spasili biste²	spasili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih spasio²	bȉo bi spasio²	bȉo bi spasio²	bíli bismo spasili²	bíli biste spasili²	bíli bi spasili²
Imperative		—	spasi	—	spasimo	spasite	—
Active past participle		spasio m / spasila f / spasilo n			spasili m / spasile f / spasila n
Passive past participle		spašen m / spašena f / spašeno n			spašeni m / spašene f / spašena 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

spašávati / spasávati impf
spasilac

References

“spasiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
“spasiti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume V, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 925