naricati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /narǐːt͡sati/
  • Hyphenation: na‧ri‧ca‧ti

Verb

narícati impf (Cyrillic spelling нари́цати)

  1. (intransitive) to lament, wail, mourn

Conjugation

Conjugation of naricati
infinitive naricati
present verbal adverb naríčūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun narícānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present naričem naričeš nariče naričemo naričete nariču
future future I naricat ću1
naricaću
naricat ćeš1
naricaćeš
naricat će1
naricaće
naricat ćemo1
naricaćemo
naricat ćete1
naricaćete
naricat ćē1
naricaće
future II bȕdēm naricao2 bȕdēš naricao2 bȕdē naricao2 bȕdēmo naricali2 bȕdēte naricali2 bȕdū naricali2
past perfect naricao sam2 naricao si2 naricao je2 naricali smo2 naricali ste2 naricali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam naricao2 bȉo si naricao2 bȉo je naricao2 bíli smo naricali2 bíli ste naricali2 bíli su naricali2
imperfect naricah naricaše naricaše naricasmo naricaste naricahu
conditional conditional I naricao bih2 naricao bi2 naricao bi2 naricali bismo2 naricali biste2 naricali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih naricao2 bȉo bi naricao2 bȉo bi naricao2 bíli bismo naricali2 bíli biste naricali2 bíli bi naricali2
imperative nariči naričimo naričite
active past participle naricao m / naricala f / naricalo n naricali m / naricale f / naricala 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

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