зинути

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zinǫti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zînuti/
  • Hyphenation: зи‧ну‧ти

Verb

зи̏нути pf (Latin spelling zȉnuti)

  1. (intransitive) to open one's mouth
  2. (intransitive) to say something unintentionally
  3. (intransitive) to gape, open, yawn (appear suddenly as a hole)

Conjugation

Conjugation of зинути
infinitive зинути
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb зи̏нӯвши
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present зинем зинеш зине зинемо зинете зину
future future I зинут ћу1
зинућу
зинут ћеш1
зинућеш
зинут ће1
зинуће
зинут ћемо1
зинућемо
зинут ћете1
зинућете
зинут ћē1
зинуће
future II бу̏де̄м зинуо2 бу̏де̄ш зинуо2 бу̏де̄ зинуо2 бу̏де̄мо зинули2 бу̏де̄те зинули2 бу̏дӯ зинули2
past perfect зинуо сам2 зинуо си2 зинуо је2 зинули смо2 зинули сте2 зинули су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам зинуо2 би̏о си зинуо2 би̏о је зинуо2 би́ли смо зинули2 би́ли сте зинули2 би́ли су зинули2
aorist зинух зину зину зинусмо зинусте зинуше
conditional conditional I зинуо бих2 зинуо би2 зинуо би2 зинули бисмо2 зинули бисте2 зинули би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих зинуо2 би̏о би зинуо2 би̏о би зинуо2 би́ли бисмо зинули2 би́ли бисте зинули2 би́ли би зинули2
imperative зини зинимо зините
active past participle зинуо m / зинула f / зинуло n зинули m / зинуле f / зинула 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

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