убости

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ubosti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔbosti/
  • Hyphenation: у‧бо‧сти

Verb

у̀бости pf (Latin spelling ùbosti)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to sting, prick
  2. (transitive) to stab, pierce

Conjugation

Conjugation of убости
infinitive убости
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb у̀бо̄вши
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present убодем убодеш убоде убодемо убодете убоду
future future I убост ћу1
убошћу
убост ћеш1
убошћеш
убост ће1
убошће
убост ћемо1
убошћемо
убост ћете1
убошћете
убост ћē1
убошће
future II бу̏де̄м убо2 бу̏де̄ш убо2 бу̏де̄ убо2 бу̏де̄мо уболи2 бу̏де̄те уболи2 бу̏дӯ уболи2
past perfect убо сам2 убо си2 убо је2 уболи смо2 уболи сте2 уболи су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам убо2 би̏о си убо2 би̏о је убо2 би́ли смо уболи2 би́ли сте уболи2 би́ли су уболи2
aorist убодох убоде убоде убодосмо убодосте убодоше
conditional conditional I убо бих2 убо би2 убо би2 уболи бисмо2 уболи бисте2 уболи би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих убо2 би̏о би убо2 би̏о би убо2 би́ли бисмо уболи2 би́ли бисте уболи2 би́ли би уболи2
imperative убоди убодимо убодите
active past participle убо m / убола f / уболо n уболи m / уболе f / убола n
passive past participle убоден m / убодена f / убодено n убодени m / убодене f / убодена 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

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