moliti

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moːˈliː.tiː/, [moːˈlʲiːt̪iː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈli.ti/, [moˈliːt̪i]

Participle

mōlītī

inflection of mōlītus:
1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mǒliti/
Hyphenation: mo‧li‧ti

Verb

mòliti impf (Cyrillic spelling мо̀лити)

(transitive) to ask, request, plead
(reflexive) to pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of moliti

Infinitive: moliti		Present verbal adverb: mòlēći		Past verbal adverb: molivši		Verbal noun: mòljēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		molim	moliš	moli	molimo	molite	mole
Future	Future I	molit ću¹ moliću	molit ćeš¹ molićeš	molit će¹ moliće	molit ćemo¹ molićemo	molit ćete¹ molićete	molit će¹ moliće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm molio²	bȕdēš molio²	bȕdē molio²	bȕdēmo molili²	bȕdēte molili²	bȕdū molili²
Past	Perfect	molio sam²	molio si²	molio je²	molili smo²	molili ste²	molili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam molio²	bȉo si molio²	bȉo je molio²	bíli smo molili²	bíli ste molili²	bíli su molili²
	Imperfect	moljah	moljaše	moljaše	moljasmo	moljaste	moljahu
Conditional I		molio bih²	molio bi²	molio bi²	molili bismo²	molili biste²	molili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih molio²	bȉo bi molio²	bȉo bi molio²	bíli bismo molili²	bíli biste molili²	bíli bi molili²
Imperative		—	moli	—	molimo	molite	—
Active past participle		molio m / molila f / molilo n			molili m / molile f / molila n
Passive past participle		moljen m / moljena f / moljeno n			moljeni m / moljene f / moljena 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

Related terms

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔlìːti/, /mɔlíːti/

Verb

molīti impf

to pray

Inflection

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive	molīti
1st singular	mọ́lim
infinitive	molīti		mólit
supine	mólit
verbal noun	mọ́ljenje
	participle		converb
present	molȅč		—
past	mọ́ljen		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	mólił	molȋla		molílo
dual	molíla	molíli		molíli
plural	molíli	molíle		molíla
	present		imperative
1st singular	mọ́lim		—
2nd singular	mọ́liš		móli
3rd singular	mọ́li		—
1st dual	mọ́liva		molȋva
2nd dual	mọ́lita		molȋta
3rd dual	mọ́lita		—
1st plural	mọ́limo		molȋmo
2nd plural	mọ́lite		molȋte
3rd plural	mọ́lijo		—

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔlìːti/, /mɔlíːti/

Verb

molīti impf

to protrude
to extend beyond

Inflection

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive	molīti
1st singular	molím
infinitive	molīti		molȋt, molȉt
supine	—
verbal noun	moljénje
	participle		converb
present	molȅč		—
past	moljȅn		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	molȋł	molíla		molȋlo
dual	molȋla	molȋli		molȋli
plural	molȋli	molȋle		molȋla
	present		imperative
1st singular	molím		—
2nd singular	molíš		móli
3rd singular	molí		—
1st dual	molíva		molȋva
2nd dual	molíta		molȋta
3rd dual	molíta		—
1st plural	molímo		molȋmo
2nd plural	molíte		molȋte
3rd plural	molíjo		—