blesirati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German blessieren, from French blesser. Analyzable as a stem bles- +‎ -irati (compare blesúra (injury)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blesǐːrati/
  • Hyphenation: ble‧si‧ra‧ti

Verb

blesírati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling блеси́рати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive, sports) to injure (oneself)
  2. (reflexive, sports) to act like a moron

Conjugation

Conjugation of blesirati
infinitive blesirati
present verbal adverb blesírajūći
past verbal adverb blesírāvši
verbal noun blesírānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present blesiram blesiraš blesira blesiramo blesirate blesiraju
future future I blesirat ću1
blesiraću
blesirat ćeš1
blesiraćeš
blesirat će1
blesiraće
blesirat ćemo1
blesiraćemo
blesirat ćete1
blesiraćete
blesirat ćē1
blesiraće
future II bȕdēm blesirao2 bȕdēš blesirao2 bȕdē blesirao2 bȕdēmo blesirali2 bȕdēte blesirali2 bȕdū blesirali2
past perfect blesirao sam2 blesirao si2 blesirao je2 blesirali smo2 blesirali ste2 blesirali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam blesirao2 bȉo si blesirao2 bȉo je blesirao2 bíli smo blesirali2 bíli ste blesirali2 bíli su blesirali2
aorist blesirah blesira blesira blesirasmo blesiraste blesiraše
imperfect blesirah blesiraše blesiraše blesirasmo blesiraste blesirahu
conditional conditional I blesirao bih2 blesirao bi2 blesirao bi2 blesirali bismo2 blesirali biste2 blesirali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih blesirao2 bȉo bi blesirao2 bȉo bi blesirao2 bíli bismo blesirali2 bíli biste blesirali2 bíli bi blesirali2
imperative blesiraj blesirajmo blesirajte
active past participle blesirao m / blesirala f / blesiralo n blesirali m / blesirale f / blesirala n
passive past participle blesiran m / blesirana f / blesirano n blesirani m / blesirane f / blesirana 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

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