bijeljeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bijȇl (white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjěːʎeti/
  • Hyphenation: bije‧lje‧ti

Verb

bijéljeti impf (Cyrillic spelling бије́љети)

  1. (intransitive) to become white
  2. (reflexive) to show contrast or prominence by being white

Conjugation

Conjugation of bijeljeti
infinitive bijeljeti
present verbal adverb bijélēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bijéljēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bijelim bijeliš bijeli bijelimo bijelite bijele
future future I bijeljet ću1
bijeljeću
bijeljet ćeš1
bijeljećeš
bijeljet će1
bijeljeće
bijeljet ćemo1
bijeljećemo
bijeljet ćete1
bijeljećete
bijeljet ćē1
bijeljeće
future II bȕdēm bijelio2 bȕdēš bijelio2 bȕdē bijelio2 bȕdēmo bijeljeli2 bȕdēte bijeljeli2 bȕdū bijeljeli2
past perfect bijelio sam2 bijelio si2 bijelio je2 bijeljeli smo2 bijeljeli ste2 bijeljeli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bijelio2 bȉo si bijelio2 bȉo je bijelio2 bíli smo bijeljeli2 bíli ste bijeljeli2 bíli su bijeljeli2
imperfect bijeljah bijeljaše bijeljaše bijeljasmo bijeljaste bijeljahu
conditional conditional I bijelio bih2 bijelio bi2 bijelio bi2 bijeljeli bismo2 bijeljeli biste2 bijeljeli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bijelio2 bȉo bi bijelio2 bȉo bi bijelio2 bíli bismo bijeljeli2 bíli biste bijeljeli2 bíli bi bijeljeli2
imperative bijeli bijelimo bijelite
active past participle bijelio m / bijeljela f / bijeljelo n bijeljeli m / bijeljele f / bijeljela 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.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bijeljeti.

Derived terms

  • izbijéljeti
  • obijéljeti
  • pobijéljeti
  • zabijéljeti

References

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