kazati

See also: казати and kázati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kazati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎːzati/
• Hyphenation: ka‧za‧ti

Verb

kázati pf (Cyrillic spelling ка́зати)

1. (ambitransitive) to say, to state (to indicate in a spoken or written form)

   Šta/Što je kazao juče(r)? ― What did he say yesterday?

   • 2007, “Molitva”, Saša Milošević Mare (lyrics), Vladimir Graić (music)‎^[1]performed by Marija Šerifović, Connective Records:

     Al' Bogu ne mogu
     Lagati sve dok se molim,
     A lažem ako kažem
     Da te ne volim

     I can't lie to God while I'm praying,
     But I would be lying if I said I didn't love you

2. (ambitransitive) to speak
3. (ambitransitive) to declare
4. (ambitransitive) to show (e.g. with hands)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kazati

infinitive		kazati
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		kázāvši
verbal noun		kazānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		kažem	kažeš	kaže	kažemo	kažete	kažu
future	future I	kazat ću1 kazaću	kazat ćeš1 kazaćeš	kazat će1 kazaće	kazat ćemo1 kazaćemo	kazat ćete1 kazaćete	kazat ćē1 kazaćē
	future II	bȕdēm kazao2	bȕdēš kazao2	bȕdē kazao2	bȕdēmo kazali2	bȕdēte kazali2	bȕdū kazali2
past	perfect	kazao sam2	kazao si2	kazao je2	kazali smo2	kazali ste2	kazali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam kazao2	bȉo si kazao2	bȉo je kazao2	bíli smo kazali2	bíli ste kazali2	bíli su kazali2
	aorist	kazah	kaza	kaza	kazasmo	kazaste	kazaše
conditional	conditional I	kazao bih2	kazao bi2	kazao bi2	kazali bismo2	kazali biste2	kazali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih kazao2	bȉo bi kazao2	bȉo bi kazao2	bíli bismo kazali2	bíli biste kazali2	bíli bi kazali2
imperative		—	kaži	—	kažimo	kažite	—
active past participle		kazao m / kazala f / kazalo n			kazali m / kazale f / kazala n
passive past participle		kazan m / kazana f / kazano n			kazani m / kazane f / kazana 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.

Derived terms

• dokázati
• iskáz and lažni iskaz
• iskázati
• pokázati
• potkázati
• prikázati
• prokázati
• ukázati
• zakázati

Related terms

• kazívati impf

References

• “kazati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kazati. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàːzati/, /kazàːti/

Verb

kázati or kazáti impf

1. to show
2. to indicate

Conjugation

-Cati -Cjem (AP b)
infinitive	kázati, kazáti
1st singular	kážem
infinitive	kázati, kazáti			kázat
supine	kázat
verbal noun	kázanje, kazȃnje
	participle			converb
present	kažọ̄č			kazȃje
past	kázan			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	kázał		kazȃla		kazálo
dual	kazála		kazáli		kazáli
plural	kazáli		kazále		kazála
	present			imperative
1st singular	kážem			—
2nd singular	kážeš			káži
3rd singular	káže			—
1st dual	káževa			káživa, kažȋva
2nd dual	kážeta			kážita, kažȋta
3rd dual	kážeta			—
1st plural	kážemo			kážimo, kažȋmo
2nd plural	kážete			kážite, kažȋte
3rd plural	kážejo			—

Derived terms

• dokázati
• izkázati
• nakázati
• pokázati
• prikázati
• razkázati
• ukázati

Further reading

• “kazati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kazati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references