iskopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

iz- +‎ kopati, calque of German ausgraben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iskǒpati/
  • Hyphenation: is‧ko‧pa‧ti

Verb

iskòpati pf (Cyrillic spelling иско̀пати)

  1. (transitive) to dig out, dig up (literally or figuratively)
  2. (transitive) to excavate

Conjugation

Conjugation of iskopati
infinitive iskopati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb iskòpāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present iskopam iskopaš iskopa iskopamo iskopate iskopaju
future future I iskopat ću1
iskopaću
iskopat ćeš1
iskopaćeš
iskopat će1
iskopaće
iskopat ćemo1
iskopaćemo
iskopat ćete1
iskopaćete
iskopat ćē1
iskopaće
future II bȕdēm iskopao2 bȕdēš iskopao2 bȕdē iskopao2 bȕdēmo iskopali2 bȕdēte iskopali2 bȕdū iskopali2
past perfect iskopao sam2 iskopao si2 iskopao je2 iskopali smo2 iskopali ste2 iskopali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam iskopao2 bȉo si iskopao2 bȉo je iskopao2 bíli smo iskopali2 bíli ste iskopali2 bíli su iskopali2
aorist iskopah iskopa iskopa iskopasmo iskopaste iskopaše
conditional conditional I iskopao bih2 iskopao bi2 iskopao bi2 iskopali bismo2 iskopali biste2 iskopali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih iskopao2 bȉo bi iskopao2 bȉo bi iskopao2 bíli bismo iskopali2 bíli biste iskopali2 bíli bi iskopali2
imperative iskopaj iskopajmo iskopajte
active past participle iskopao m / iskopala f / iskopalo n iskopali m / iskopale f / iskopala n
passive past participle iskopan m / iskopana f / iskopano n iskopani m / iskopane f / iskopana 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.