crkavati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From cȑknuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sr̩kǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: cr‧ka‧va‧ti

Verb

crkávati impf (Cyrillic spelling црка́вати)

  1. imperfective form of cȑći

Conjugation

Conjugation of crkavati
infinitive crkavati
present verbal adverb crkávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun crkávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present crkavam crkavaš crkava crkavamo crkavate crkavaju
future future I crkavat ću1
crkavaću
crkavat ćeš1
crkavaćeš
crkavat će1
crkavaće
crkavat ćemo1
crkavaćemo
crkavat ćete1
crkavaćete
crkavat ćē1
crkavaće
future II bȕdēm crkavao2 bȕdēš crkavao2 bȕdē crkavao2 bȕdēmo crkavali2 bȕdēte crkavali2 bȕdū crkavali2
past perfect crkavao sam2 crkavao si2 crkavao je2 crkavali smo2 crkavali ste2 crkavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam crkavao2 bȉo si crkavao2 bȉo je crkavao2 bíli smo crkavali2 bíli ste crkavali2 bíli su crkavali2
imperfect crkavah crkavaše crkavaše crkavasmo crkavaste crkavahu
conditional conditional I crkavao bih2 crkavao bi2 crkavao bi2 crkavali bismo2 crkavali biste2 crkavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih crkavao2 bȉo bi crkavao2 bȉo bi crkavao2 bíli bismo crkavali2 bíli biste crkavali2 bíli bi crkavali2
imperative crkavaj crkavajmo crkavajte
active past participle crkavao m / crkavala f / crkavalo n crkavali m / crkavale f / crkavala 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

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