bušiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bušiti. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǔːʃiti/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ši‧ti

Verb

búšiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бу́шити)

  1. (transitive) to bore, drill

Conjugation

Conjugation of bušiti
infinitive bušiti
present verbal adverb búšēći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun búšēnje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bušim bušiš buši bušimo bušite buše
future future I bušit ću1
bušiću
bušit ćeš1
bušićeš
bušit će1
bušiće
bušit ćemo1
bušićemo
bušit ćete1
bušićete
bušit ćē1
bušiće
future II bȕdēm bušio2 bȕdēš bušio2 bȕdē bušio2 bȕdēmo bušili2 bȕdēte bušili2 bȕdū bušili2
past perfect bušio sam2 bušio si2 bušio je2 bušili smo2 bušili ste2 bušili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bušio2 bȉo si bušio2 bȉo je bušio2 bíli smo bušili2 bíli ste bušili2 bíli su bušili2
imperfect bušah bušaše bušaše bušasmo bušaste bušahu
conditional conditional I bušio bih2 bušio bi2 bušio bi2 bušili bismo2 bušili biste2 bušili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bušio2 bȉo bi bušio2 bȉo bi bušio2 bíli bismo bušili2 bíli biste bušili2 bíli bi bušili2
imperative buši bušimo bušite
active past participle bušio m / bušila f / bušilo n bušili m / bušile f / bušila n
passive past participle bušen m / bušena f / bušeno n bušeni m / bušene f / bušena 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

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “bušiti”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 98

Further reading

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