bičevati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bičevati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bît͡ʃeʋati/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧če‧va‧ti

Verb

bȉčevati impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏чевати)

  1. (intransitive) to whip

Conjugation

Conjugation of bičevati
infinitive bičevati
present verbal adverb bȉčujūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bȉčevānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bičujem bičuješ bičuje bičujemo bičujete bičuju
future future I bičevat ću1
bičevaću
bičevat ćeš1
bičevaćeš
bičevat će1
bičevaće
bičevat ćemo1
bičevaćemo
bičevat ćete1
bičevaćete
bičevat ćē1
bičevaće
future II bȕdēm bičevao2 bȕdēš bičevao2 bȕdē bičevao2 bȕdēmo bičevali2 bȕdēte bičevali2 bȕdū bičevali2
past perfect bičevao sam2 bičevao si2 bičevao je2 bičevali smo2 bičevali ste2 bičevali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bičevao2 bȉo si bičevao2 bȉo je bičevao2 bíli smo bičevali2 bíli ste bičevali2 bíli su bičevali2
imperfect bičevah bičevaše bičevaše bičevasmo bičevaste bičevahu
conditional conditional I bičevao bih2 bičevao bi2 bičevao bi2 bičevali bismo2 bičevali biste2 bičevali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bičevao2 bȉo bi bičevao2 bȉo bi bičevao2 bíli bismo bičevali2 bíli biste bičevali2 bíli bi bičevali2
imperative bičuj bičujmo bičujte
active past participle bičevao m / bičevala f / bičevalo n bičevali m / bičevale f / bičevala n
passive past participle bičevan m / bičevana f / bičevano n bičevani m / bičevane f / bičevana 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

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