šmrkati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smъrkati. By surface analysis, šmrk +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃmřːkati/
  • Hyphenation: šmr‧ka‧ti

Verb

šmŕkati impf (Cyrillic spelling шмр́кати)

  1. (transitive) to sniff, snuff, snuffle

Conjugation

Conjugation of šmrkati
infinitive šmrkati
present verbal adverb šmŕčūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun šmŕkānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present šmrčem šmrčeš šmrče šmrčemo šmrčete šmrču
future future I šmrkat ću1
šmrkaću
šmrkat ćeš1
šmrkaćeš
šmrkat će1
šmrkaće
šmrkat ćemo1
šmrkaćemo
šmrkat ćete1
šmrkaćete
šmrkat ćē1
šmrkaće
future II bȕdēm šmrkao2 bȕdēš šmrkao2 bȕdē šmrkao2 bȕdēmo šmrkali2 bȕdēte šmrkali2 bȕdū šmrkali2
past perfect šmrkao sam2 šmrkao si2 šmrkao je2 šmrkali smo2 šmrkali ste2 šmrkali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam šmrkao2 bȉo si šmrkao2 bȉo je šmrkao2 bíli smo šmrkali2 bíli ste šmrkali2 bíli su šmrkali2
imperfect šmrkah šmrkaše šmrkaše šmrkasmo šmrkaste šmrkahu
conditional conditional I šmrkao bih2 šmrkao bi2 šmrkao bi2 šmrkali bismo2 šmrkali biste2 šmrkali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih šmrkao2 bȉo bi šmrkao2 bȉo bi šmrkao2 bíli bismo šmrkali2 bíli biste šmrkali2 bíli bi šmrkali2
imperative šmrči šmrčimo šmrčite
active past participle šmrkao m / šmrkala f / šmrkalo n šmrkali m / šmrkale f / šmrkala 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.

Further reading

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