naoštriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *naostriti; equivalent to na- +‎ oštriti. Compare Macedonian наостри (naostri), Russian наостри́ть (naostrítʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naǒʃtriti/
  • Hyphenation: na‧o‧štri‧ti

Verb

naòštriti pf (Cyrillic spelling нао̀штрити)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen, hone
  2. (reflexive) to prepare for a fight or quarrel; get angry

Conjugation

Conjugation of naoštriti
infinitive naoštriti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb naòštrīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present naoštrim naoštriš naoštri naoštrimo naoštrite naoštre
future future I naoštrit ću1
naoštriću
naoštrit ćeš1
naoštrićeš
naoštrit će1
naoštriće
naoštrit ćemo1
naoštrićemo
naoštrit ćete1
naoštrićete
naoštrit ćē1
naoštriće
future II bȕdēm naoštrio2 bȕdēš naoštrio2 bȕdē naoštrio2 bȕdēmo naoštrili2 bȕdēte naoštrili2 bȕdū naoštrili2
past perfect naoštrio sam2 naoštrio si2 naoštrio je2 naoštrili smo2 naoštrili ste2 naoštrili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam naoštrio2 bȉo si naoštrio2 bȉo je naoštrio2 bíli smo naoštrili2 bíli ste naoštrili2 bíli su naoštrili2
aorist naoštrih naoštri naoštri naoštrismo naoštriste naoštriše
conditional conditional I naoštrio bih2 naoštrio bi2 naoštrio bi2 naoštrili bismo2 naoštrili biste2 naoštrili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih naoštrio2 bȉo bi naoštrio2 bȉo bi naoštrio2 bíli bismo naoštrili2 bíli biste naoštrili2 bíli bi naoštrili2
imperative naoštri naoštrimo naoštrite
active past participle naoštrio m / naoštrila f / naoštrilo n naoštrili m / naoštrile f / naoštrila n
passive past participle naoštren m / naoštrena f / naoštreno n naoštreni m / naoštrene f / naoštrena 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

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