linjati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liňati (Russian линя́ть (linjátʹ), Polish linić, Czech línat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lǐɲati/
  • Hyphenation: li‧nja‧ti

Verb

lìnjati impf (Cyrillic spelling лѝњати)

  1. (reflexive) to molt

Conjugation

Conjugation of linjati
infinitive linjati
present verbal adverb lìnjajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun lìnjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present linjam linjaš linja linjamo linjate linjaju
future future I linjat ću1
linjaću
linjat ćeš1
linjaćeš
linjat će1
linjaće
linjat ćemo1
linjaćemo
linjat ćete1
linjaćete
linjat ćē1
linjaće
future II bȕdēm linjao2 bȕdēš linjao2 bȕdē linjao2 bȕdēmo linjali2 bȕdēte linjali2 bȕdū linjali2
past perfect linjao sam2 linjao si2 linjao je2 linjali smo2 linjali ste2 linjali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam linjao2 bȉo si linjao2 bȉo je linjao2 bíli smo linjali2 bíli ste linjali2 bíli su linjali2
imperfect linjah linjaše linjaše linjasmo linjaste linjahu
conditional conditional I linjao bih2 linjao bi2 linjao bi2 linjali bismo2 linjali biste2 linjali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih linjao2 bȉo bi linjao2 bȉo bi linjao2 bíli bismo linjali2 bíli biste linjali2 bíli bi linjali2
imperative linjaj linjajmo linjajte
active past participle linjao m / linjala f / linjalo n linjali m / linjale f / linjala 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

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