Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒěleti/
  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧ti

Verb

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žèleti impf (Cyrillic spelling жѐлети)

  1. (transitive) to wish, desire (+ accusative or genitive)
    Želim da čujem sve, od početka do kraja.I want to hear everything, from beginning to end.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *želěti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒɛlèːti/
  • Hyphenation: že‧lé‧ti

Verb

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želẹ́ti impf

  1. to wish

Inflection

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-eti -im
infinitive želẹ́ti
1st singular želím
infinitive želẹ́ti želet
supine želȅt, želẹ̑t
verbal noun želénje
participle converb
present želȅč
past želȅn
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular žéleł želẹ̄la želélo
dual želéla želéli želéli
plural želéli želéle želéla
present imperative
1st singular želím
2nd singular želíš žéli
3rd singular želí
1st dual želíva želȋva
2nd dual želíta želȋta
3rd dual želíta
1st plural želímo želȋmo
2nd plural želíte želȋte
3rd plural želíjo

Derived terms

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Further reading

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