велим

Russian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈlʲim]

Verb

вели́м • (velím)

  1. first-person plural present indicative imperfective of веле́ть (velétʹ)
  2. first-person plural future indicative perfective of веле́ть (velétʹ)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *velěti, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋěliːm/
  • Hyphenation: ве‧лим

Verb

вѐлӣм impf or pf (Latin spelling vèlīm)

  1. (intransitive) to say
    Како се то вели на енглеском? ― How do you say that in English?

Usage notes

This verb is defective and has no infinitive form. Hypothetically, it would be *veljeti/*veleti. Some dictionaries mention it as such; however, it has not been attested in Serbo-Croatian as of yet.

This verb can only be used in the present and imperfect.[1]

Conjugation
Conjugation of велим
Lemma form: велим Present verbal adverb: вѐле̄ћи Past verbal adverb: вѐлӣвши Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present велим велиш вели велимо велите веле
Future II будем велио1 будеш велио1 буде велио1 будемо велили1 будете велили1 буду велили1
Past Perfect велио сам1 велио си1 велио je1 велили смо1 велили сте1 велили су1
Pluperfect2 био сам велио1 био си велио1 био је велио1 били смо велили1 били сте велили1 били су велили1
Imperfect вељах вељаше вељаше вељасмо вељасте вељаху
Conditional I велио бих1 велио би1 велио би1 велили бисмо1 велили бисте1 велили би1
Conditional II био бих велио1 био би велио1 био би велио1 били бисмо велили1 били бисте велили1 били би велили1
Imperative — вели — велимо велите —
Active past participle велио m / велила f / велило n велили m / велиле f / велила n
1   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.
2   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.

References
  • “велим” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “велим”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 349
  1. Речник српскога језика, Матица српска, →ISBN
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