bistriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȉstar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǐstriti/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧stri‧ti

Verb

bìstriti impf (Cyrillic spelling бѝстрити)

  1. (transitive) to clarify (make clear)
  2. (transitive) to clear up

Conjugation

Conjugation of bistriti
infinitive bistriti
present verbal adverb bìstrēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bìstrēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bistrim bistriš bistri bistrimo bistrite bistre
future future I bistrit ću1
bistriću
bistrit ćeš1
bistrićeš
bistrit će1
bistriće
bistrit ćemo1
bistrićemo
bistrit ćete1
bistrićete
bistrit ćē1
bistriće
future II bȕdēm bistrio2 bȕdēš bistrio2 bȕdē bistrio2 bȕdēmo bistrili2 bȕdēte bistrili2 bȕdū bistrili2
past perfect bistrio sam2 bistrio si2 bistrio je2 bistrili smo2 bistrili ste2 bistrili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bistrio2 bȉo si bistrio2 bȉo je bistrio2 bíli smo bistrili2 bíli ste bistrili2 bíli su bistrili2
imperfect bistrah bistraše bistraše bistrasmo bistraste bistrahu
conditional conditional I bistrio bih2 bistrio bi2 bistrio bi2 bistrili bismo2 bistrili biste2 bistrili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bistrio2 bȉo bi bistrio2 bȉo bi bistrio2 bíli bismo bistrili2 bíli biste bistrili2 bíli bi bistrili2
imperative bistri bistrimo bistrite
active past participle bistrio m / bistrila f / bistrilo n bistrili m / bistrile f / bistrila n
passive past participle bistren m / bistrena f / bistreno n bistreni m / bistrene f / bistrena 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.

Derived terms

References

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