# loviti
## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈɫoʋici/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈlovici/

### Verb

loviti impf
* to hunt
* to chase

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | supine | verbal noun |
| loviti | lovit | lov́enie |
| | Present | Present | Present | Imperative | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | lov́u | lovívě (-va) | lovím (-me/-my) | – | lovvě, lovivě (-va) | lovme, lovim (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | lovíš | lovíta | lovíte | lov, lovi | lovta, lovita | lovte, lovite |
| 3rd person | loví | lovíta | lovie | lov, lovi | lovta, lovita | lovte, lovite |
| | Sigmatic aorist | Sigmatic aorist | Sigmatic aorist | Imperfect | Imperfect | Imperfect |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | lovich | lovichově (-va) | lovichom (-me/-my) | loviech | loviechově (-va) | loviechom (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | lovi | lovista (-šta) | loviste (-šte) | lovieše | loviešta (-sta) | loviešte (-ste) |
| 3rd person | lovi | lovista (-šta) | lovichu | lovieše | loviešta (-sta) | loviechu |
| | L-participle | L-participle | L-participle | Passive participle | Passive participle | Passive participle |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Masculine | lovil | lovila | lovili | lov́en | lov́ena | lov́eni |
| Feminine | lovila | lovile | lovily | lov́ena | lov́eně | lov́eny |
| Neuter | lovilo | lovile | lovila | lov́eno | lov́eně | lov́ena |
| | Nt-participle | Nt-participle | Nt-participle | S-participle | S-participle | S-participle |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Masculine | lově | loviece | loviece | loviv | lovivše | lovivše |
| Feminine | lovieci | loviece | loviece | lovivši | lovivše | lovivše |
| Neuter | lově, lovieci | loviece | loviece | loviv, lovivši | lovivše | lovivše |
Note: This table shows the most common forms of loviti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

#### Derived terms

* lov
* naloviti
* uloviti
* vyloviti

#### Descendants

* Czech: lovit

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “loviti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *loviti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǒʋiti/
* Hyphenation: lo‧vi‧ti

### Verb

lòviti impf (Cyrillic spelling ло̀вити)
* (ambitransitive) to hunt
* (ambitransitive) to chase, pursue
* (transitive) to catch

#### Derived terms

* izlòviti
* nalòviti
* polòviti
* ulòviti

#### Related terms

* lovac
* lovište
* lovočuvar

### Further reading

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

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *loviti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔʋìːti/, /lɔʋíːti/
* Hyphenation: lo‧ví‧ti

### Verb

lovīti impf
* to chase, pursue
* to hunt
* to catch

#### Derived terms

* lȍv
* lȏv
* izlovīti
* nalovīti
* polovīti
* ulovīti

### Further reading

* “loviti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025