naginjati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎɡiɲati/
  • Hyphenation: na‧gi‧nja‧ti

Verb

nàginjati impf (Cyrillic spelling на̀гињати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to lean, bend
  2. (transitive) to incline
  3. (intransitive) to be inclined, tend to, lean toward (be likely or liable to possess or do something; + dative)

Conjugation

Conjugation of naginjati
infinitive naginjati
present verbal adverb nàginjūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun nàginjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present naginjem naginješ naginje naginjemo naginjete naginju
future future I naginjat ću1
naginjaću
naginjat ćeš1
naginjaćeš
naginjat će1
naginjaće
naginjat ćemo1
naginjaćemo
naginjat ćete1
naginjaćete
naginjat ćē1
naginjaće
future II bȕdēm naginjao2 bȕdēš naginjao2 bȕdē naginjao2 bȕdēmo naginjali2 bȕdēte naginjali2 bȕdū naginjali2
past perfect naginjao sam2 naginjao si2 naginjao je2 naginjali smo2 naginjali ste2 naginjali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam naginjao2 bȉo si naginjao2 bȉo je naginjao2 bíli smo naginjali2 bíli ste naginjali2 bíli su naginjali2
imperfect naginjah naginjaše naginjaše naginjasmo naginjaste naginjahu
conditional conditional I naginjao bih2 naginjao bi2 naginjao bi2 naginjali bismo2 naginjali biste2 naginjali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih naginjao2 bȉo bi naginjao2 bȉo bi naginjao2 bíli bismo naginjali2 bíli biste naginjali2 bíli bi naginjali2
imperative naginji naginjimo naginjite
active past participle naginjao m / naginjala f / naginjalo n naginjali m / naginjale f / naginjala n
passive past participle naginjan m / naginjana f / naginjano n naginjani m / naginjane f / naginjana 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.

Further reading

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