sevati

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀯𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• सेवति (Devanagari script)
• সেৰতি (Bengali script)
• සෙවති (Sinhalese script)
• သေဝတိ (Burmese script)
• เสวติ or เสวะติ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩅᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສວຕິ or ເສວະຕິ (Lao script)
• សេវតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑅇𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

sevati

1. indulge in, pursue

Derived terms

• nisevati
• paṭisevati
• saṃsevati
• upasevati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sijévati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěvati. Akin to Slovene sevati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěːʋati/
• Hyphenation: se‧va‧ti

Verb

sévati impf (Cyrillic spelling се́вати)

1. (intransitive) to flash, to light up (chiefly referring to thunder)

   s(ij)eva ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   munje s(ij)evaju ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (intransitive) to twinkle, shimmer, blink

   noževi su s(ij)evali ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (intransitive) to move rapidly (of a punch)

   šaka je s(ij)evnula ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sevati

infinitive		sevati
present verbal adverb		sévajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		sévānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		sevam	sevaš	seva	sevamo	sevate	sevaju
future	future I	sevat ću1 sevaću	sevat ćeš1 sevaćeš	sevat će1 sevaće	sevat ćemo1 sevaćemo	sevat ćete1 sevaćete	sevat ćе̄1 sevaće
	future II	bȕdēm sevao2	bȕdēš sevao2	bȕdē sevao2	bȕdēmo sevali2	bȕdēte sevali2	bȕdū sevali2
past	perfect	sevao sam2	sevao si2	sevao je2	sevali smo2	sevali ste2	sevali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam sevao2	bȉo si sevao2	bȉo je sevao2	bíli smo sevali2	bíli ste sevali2	bíli su sevali2
	imperfect	sevah	sevaše	sevaše	sevasmo	sevaste	sevahu
conditional	conditional I	sevao bih2	sevao bi2	sevao bi2	sevali bismo2	sevali biste2	sevali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih sevao2	bȉo bi sevao2	bȉo bi sevao2	bíli bismo sevali2	bíli biste sevali2	bíli bi sevali2
imperative		—	sevaj	—	sevajmo	sevajte	—
active past participle		sevao m / sevala f / sevalo n			sevali m / sevale f / sevala 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

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