beknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /běːknuti/
  • Hyphenation: bek‧nu‧ti

Verb

béknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling бе́кнути)

  1. (derogatory, transitive) to begin to speak, utter a sound (word), break silence
  2. (intransitive) perfective form of békati

Conjugation

Conjugation of beknuti
infinitive beknuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb béknūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present beknem bekneš bekne beknemo beknete beknu
future future I beknut ću1
beknuću
beknut ćeš1
beknućeš
beknut će1
beknuće
beknut ćemo1
beknućemo
beknut ćete1
beknućete
beknut ćē1
beknuće
future II bȕdēm beknuo2 bȕdēš beknuo2 bȕdē beknuo2 bȕdēmo beknuli2 bȕdēte beknuli2 bȕdū beknuli2
past perfect beknuo sam2 beknuo si2 beknuo je2 beknuli smo2 beknuli ste2 beknuli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam beknuo2 bȉo si beknuo2 bȉo je beknuo2 bíli smo beknuli2 bíli ste beknuli2 bíli su beknuli2
aorist beknuh beknu beknu beknusmo beknuste beknuše
conditional conditional I beknuo bih2 beknuo bi2 beknuo bi2 beknuli bismo2 beknuli biste2 beknuli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih beknuo2 bȉo bi beknuo2 bȉo bi beknuo2 bíli bismo beknuli2 bíli biste beknuli2 bíli bi beknuli2
imperative bekni beknimo beknite
active past participle beknuo m / beknula f / beknulo n beknuli m / beknule f / beknula 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

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