škiljiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Middle High German schilhen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃkǐːʎiti/
  • Hyphenation: ški‧lji‧ti

Verb

škíljiti impf (Cyrillic spelling шки́љити)

  1. (intransitive) to squint (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight)

Conjugation

Conjugation of škiljiti
infinitive škiljiti
present verbal adverb škíljēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun škíljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present škiljim škiljiš škilji škiljimo škiljite škilje
future future I škiljit ću1
škiljiću
škiljit ćeš1
škiljićeš
škiljit će1
škiljiće
škiljit ćemo1
škiljićemo
škiljit ćete1
škiljićete
škiljit ćē1
škiljiće
future II bȕdēm škiljio2 bȕdēš škiljio2 bȕdē škiljio2 bȕdēmo škiljili2 bȕdēte škiljili2 bȕdū škiljili2
past perfect škiljio sam2 škiljio si2 škiljio je2 škiljili smo2 škiljili ste2 škiljili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam škiljio2 bȉo si škiljio2 bȉo je škiljio2 bíli smo škiljili2 bíli ste škiljili2 bíli su škiljili2
imperfect škiljah škiljaše škiljaše škiljasmo škiljaste škiljahu
conditional conditional I škiljio bih2 škiljio bi2 škiljio bi2 škiljili bismo2 škiljili biste2 škiljili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih škiljio2 bȉo bi škiljio2 bȉo bi škiljio2 bíli bismo škiljili2 bíli biste škiljili2 bíli bi škiljili2
imperative škilji škiljimo škiljite
active past participle škiljio m / škiljila f / škiljilo n škiljili m / škiljile f / škiljila 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

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