цичати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ци̏јӯ, onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sǐt͡ʃati/

Verb

цѝчати impf (Latin spelling cìčati)

(intransitive) to squeak, yelp (emit a short, high-pitched sound, especially like a mouse)
- see cìčati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *цичати*
		singular			plural
infinitive		цичати
present verbal adverb		цѝче̄ћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		цѝча̄ње

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		цичим	цичиш	цичи	цичимо	цичите	циче
future	future I	цичат ћу¹ цичаћу	цичат ћеш¹ цичаћеш	цичат ће¹ цичаће	цичат ћемо¹ цичаћемо	цичат ћете¹ цичаћете	цичат ћē¹ цичаће
future	future II	бу̏де̄м цичао²	бу̏де̄ш цичао²	бу̏де̄ цичао²	бу̏де̄мо цичали²	бу̏де̄те цичали²	бу̏дӯ цичали²
past	perfect	цичао сам²	цичао си²	цичао је²	цичали смо²	цичали сте²	цичали су²
	pluperfect³	би̏о сам цичао²	би̏о си цичао²	би̏о је цичао²	би́ли смо цичали²	би́ли сте цичали²	би́ли су цичали²
	imperfect	цичах	цичаше	цичаше	цичасмо	цичасте	цичаху
conditional	conditional I	цичао бих²	цичао би²	цичао би²	цичали бисмо²	цичали бисте²	цичали би²
conditional	conditional II⁴	би̏о бих цичао²	би̏о би цичао²	би̏о би цичао²	би́ли бисмо цичали²	би́ли бисте цичали²	би́ли би цичали²
imperative		—	цичи	—	цичимо	цичите	—
active past participle		цичао m / цичала f / цичало n			цичали m / цичале f / цичала 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.

Related terms

ци̏кнути pf