škrobiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From škrȍb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃkrǒbiti/
  • Hyphenation: škro‧bi‧ti

Verb

škròbiti impf (Cyrillic spelling шкро̀бити)

  1. (transitive) to starch (apply laundry starch)

Conjugation

Conjugation of škrobiti
infinitive škrobiti
present verbal adverb škròbēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun škròbljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present škrobim škrobiš škrobi škrobimo škrobite škrobe
future future I škrobit ću1
škrobiću
škrobit ćeš1
škrobićeš
škrobit će1
škrobiće
škrobit ćemo1
škrobićemo
škrobit ćete1
škrobićete
škrobit ćē1
škrobiće
future II bȕdēm škrobio2 bȕdēš škrobio2 bȕdē škrobio2 bȕdēmo škrobili2 bȕdēte škrobili2 bȕdū škrobili2
past perfect škrobio sam2 škrobio si2 škrobio je2 škrobili smo2 škrobili ste2 škrobili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam škrobio2 bȉo si škrobio2 bȉo je škrobio2 bíli smo škrobili2 bíli ste škrobili2 bíli su škrobili2
imperfect škrobljah škrobljaše škrobljaše škrobljasmo škrobljaste škrobljahu
conditional conditional I škrobio bih2 škrobio bi2 škrobio bi2 škrobili bismo2 škrobili biste2 škrobili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih škrobio2 bȉo bi škrobio2 bȉo bi škrobio2 bíli bismo škrobili2 bíli biste škrobili2 bíli bi škrobili2
imperative škrobi škrobimo škrobite
active past participle škrobio m / škrobila f / škrobilo n škrobili m / škrobile f / škrobila n
passive past participle škrobljen m / škrobljena f / škrobljeno n škrobljeni m / škrobljene f / škrobljena 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

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