bečiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běːt͡ʃiti/
  • Hyphenation: be‧či‧ti

Verb

béčiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бе́чити)

  1. (transitive) to stare, open (one's eyes wide), pop (one's eyes), make saucer eyes at (of eyes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bečiti
infinitive bečiti
present verbal adverb béčēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun béčēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bečim bečiš beči bečimo bečite beče
future future I bečit ću1
bečiću
bečit ćeš1
bečićeš
bečit će1
bečiće
bečit ćemo1
bečićemo
bečit ćete1
bečićete
bečit ćē1
bečiće
future II bȕdēm bečio2 bȕdēš bečio2 bȕdē bečio2 bȕdēmo bečili2 bȕdēte bečili2 bȕdū bečili2
past perfect bečio sam2 bečio si2 bečio je2 bečili smo2 bečili ste2 bečili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bečio2 bȉo si bečio2 bȉo je bečio2 bíli smo bečili2 bíli ste bečili2 bíli su bečili2
imperfect bečah bečaše bečaše bečasmo bečaste bečahu
conditional conditional I bečio bih2 bečio bi2 bečio bi2 bečili bismo2 bečili biste2 bečili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bečio2 bȉo bi bečio2 bȉo bi bečio2 bíli bismo bečili2 bíli biste bečili2 bíli bi bečili2
imperative beči bečimo bečite
active past participle bečio m / bečila f / bečilo n bečili m / bečile f / bečila n
passive past participle bečen m / bečena f / bečeno n bečeni m / bečene f / bečena 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

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