веселити

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *veseliti.

Verb

веселити • (veseliti) impf

(transitive) to entertain
(reflexive) to rejoice

Conjugation

Conjugation of веселити (class II1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
веселити veseliti	веселитъ veselitŭ	весел҄ѥньѥ veselʹjenĭje

l-participle	masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹	present	past
active	веселѧ veselę	весел҄ь, веселивъ veselʹĭ, veselivŭ
passive	веселимъ veselimŭ	весел҄ѥнъ veselʹjenŭ

singular	веселилъ veselilŭ	веселило veselilo	веселила veselila
dual	веселила veselila	веселилѣ veselilě	веселилѣ veselilě
plural	веселили veselili	веселила veselila	веселилꙑ veselily

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	весел҄ѭ veselʹjǫ	весел҄ꙗахъ veselʹjaaxŭ	—
	2nd	веселиши veseliši	весел҄ꙗаше veselʹjaaše	весели veseli
	3rd	веселитъ veselitŭ	весел҄ꙗаше veselʹjaaše	весели veseli
dual	1st	веселивѣ veselivě	весел҄ꙗаховѣ veselʹjaaxově	веселивѣ veselivě
	2nd	веселита veselita	весел҄ꙗашета veselʹjaašeta	веселита veselita
	3rd	веселите, веселита veselite, veselita	весел҄ꙗашете, весел҄ꙗашета veselʹjaašete, veselʹjaašeta	—
plural	1st	веселимъ veselimŭ	весел҄ꙗахомъ veselʹjaaxomŭ	веселимъ veselimŭ
	2nd	веселите veselite	весел҄ꙗашете veselʹjaašete	веселите veselite
	3rd	веселѧтъ veselętŭ	весел҄ꙗахѫ veselʹjaaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁵
singular	1st	веселихъ veselixŭ
	2nd	весели veseli
	3rd	весели veseli
dual	1st	веселиховѣ veselixově
	2nd	веселиста veselista
	3rd	веселисте, веселиста veseliste, veselista
plural	1st	веселихомъ veselixomŭ
	2nd	веселисте veseliste
	3rd	веселишѧ veselišę

compound tenses
perfect²	Use the l-participle of веселити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → веселилъ ѥсмь
pluperfect²	Use the l-participle of веселити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → веселилъ бѣхъ or веселилъ бѣахъ
future	Use the infinitive of веселити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. first-person singular → имамь веселити, хощѫ веселити, начьнѫ веселити or въчьнѫ веселити
future perfect^{2, 3}	Use the l-participle of веселити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → веселилъ бѫдѫ
conditional²	Use the l-participle of веселити and the conditional mood⁴ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → веселилъ бимь or веселилъ бꙑхъ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Attested only in a few instances.
⁴ The dual forms are unattested.
⁵ Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of веселити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

References

“веселити”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
“веселити”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022
“веселити сѧ”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *veseliti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋesěliti/
Hyphenation: ве‧се‧ли‧ти

Verb

весѐлити impf (Latin spelling vesèliti)

(reflexive) to rejoice, be happy
(reflexive) to celebrate
(transitive) to entertain, cheer up

Conjugation

Conjugation of *веселити*
		singular			plural
infinitive		веселити
present verbal adverb		весѐле̄ћи
past verbal adverb		веселивши
verbal noun		весѐље̄ње

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		веселим	веселиш	весели	веселимо	веселите	веселе
future	future I	веселит ћу¹ веселићу	веселит ћеш¹ веселићеш	веселит ће¹ веселиће	веселит ћемо¹ веселићемо	веселит ћете¹ веселићете	веселит ће̄¹ веселиће
future	future II	бу̏де̄м веселио²	бу̏де̄ш веселио²	бу̏де̄ веселио²	бу̏де̄мо веселили²	бу̏де̄те веселили²	бу̏дӯ веселили²
past	perfect	веселио сам²	веселио си²	веселио је²	веселили смо²	веселили сте²	веселили су²
	pluperfect³	би̏о сам веселио²	би̏о си веселио²	би̏о је веселио²	би́ли смо веселили²	би́ли сте веселили²	би́ли су веселили²
	imperfect	весељах	весељаше	весељаше	весељасмо	весељасте	весељаху
conditional	conditional I	веселио бих²	веселио би²	веселио би²	веселили бисмо²	веселили бисте²	веселили би²
conditional	conditional II⁴	би̏о бих веселио²	би̏о би веселио²	би̏о би веселио²	би́ли бисмо веселили²	би́ли бисте веселили²	би́ли би веселили²
imperative		—	весели	—	веселимо	веселите	—
active past participle		веселио m / веселила f / веселило n			веселили m / веселиле f / веселила 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

развесѐлити
увесѐлити