<P> The infinitive in Russian usually ends in - t' (ть) preceded by a thematic vowel, or - ti (ти), if not preceded by one; some verbs have a stem ending in a consonant and change the t to č', like * mogt' → moč' (* могть → мочь) "can". Some other Balto - Slavic languages have the infinitive typically ending in, for example, - ć (sometimes - c) in Polish, - t' in Slovak, - t (formerly - ti) in Czech and Latvian (with a handful ending in - s on the latter), - ty (- ти) in Ukrainian, - ць (- ts') in Belarusian . Lithuanian infinitives end in - ti, Slovenian end on - ti or - či, and Croatian on - ti or - ći . </P> <P> Serbian officially retains infinitives - ti or - ći, but is more flexible than the other Slavs in breaking the infinitive through a clause . The infinitive nevertheless remains the dictionary form . </P> <P> Bulgarian and Macedonian have lost the infinitive altogether except in a handful of frozen expressions where it is the same as the 3rd person singular aorist form . Almost all expressions where an infinitive may be used in Bulgarian are listed here; neverthess in all cases a subordinate clause is the more usual form . For that reason, the present first - person singular conjugation is the dictionary form in Bulgarian, while Macedonian uses the third person singular form of the verb in present tense . </P> <P> Hebrew has two infinitives, the infinitive absolute and the infinitive construct . The infinitive construct is used after prepositions and is inflected with pronominal endings to indicate its subject or object: bikhtōbh hassōphēr "when the scribe wrote", ahare lekhtō "after his going". When the infinitive construct is preceded by ל ‎ (lə -, li -, lā -, lo -) "to", it has a similar meaning to the English to - infinitive, and this is its most frequent use in Modern Hebrew . The infinitive absolute is used for verb focus, like in מות ימות ‎ mōth yāmūth (literally "a dying he will die"; figuratively, "he shall indeed / surely die"). This usage is commonplace in the Bible, but in Modern Hebrew it is restricted to high - flown literary works . </P>

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