лецати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lękati (to set traps, scare). Cognates include Ukrainian ляка́ти (ljakáty, to scare, frighten), Russian ляка́ть (ljakátʹ, to scare, chase a fish caught in a net), Polish lękać się (to be afraid), Czech lekat (to frighten, scare) and Slovak ľakať (to frighten, scare).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêt͡sati/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧ца‧ти

Verb

лȅцати impf (Latin spelling lȅcati)

  1. (intransitive, reflexive) to startle, jolt, scare, frighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of лецати
infinitive лецати
present verbal adverb лецајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun леца̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present лецам лецаш леца лецамо лецате лецају
future future I лецат ću1
лецаću
лецат ćeš1
лецаćeš
лецат će1
лецаće
лецат ćemo1
лецаćemo
лецат ćete1
лецаćete
лецат ćē1
лецаće
future II bȕdēm лецао2 bȕdēš лецао2 bȕdē лецао2 bȕdēmo лецали2 bȕdēte лецали2 bȕdū лецали2
past perfect лецао sam2 лецао si2 лецао je2 лецали smo2 лецали ste2 лецали su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam лецао2 bȉo si лецао2 bȉo je лецао2 bíli smo лецали2 bíli ste лецали2 bíli su лецали2
imperfect лецах лецаше лецаше лецасмо лецасте лецаху
conditional conditional I лецао bih2 лецао bi2 лецао bi2 лецали bismo2 лецали biste2 лецали bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih лецао2 bȉo bi лецао2 bȉo bi лецао2 bíli bismo лецали2 bíli biste лецали2 bíli bi лецали2
imperative лецај лецајмо лецајте
active past participle лецао m / лецала f / лецало n лецали m / лецале f / лецала 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.

References

  • лецати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025