obraniti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From o- +‎ braniti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obrǎːniti/
  • Hyphenation: o‧bra‧ni‧ti

Verb

obrániti pf (Cyrillic spelling обра́нити)

  1. (Croatia, reflexive, transitive) to defend
    Antonym: nàpasti

Conjugation

Conjugation of obraniti
infinitive obraniti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb obránīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present obranim obraniš obrani obranimo obranite obrane
future future I obranit ću1
obraniću
obranit ćeš1
obranićeš
obranit će1
obraniće
obranit ćemo1
obranićemo
obranit ćete1
obranićete
obranit ćē1
obraniće
future II bȕdēm obranio2 bȕdēš obranio2 bȕdē obranio2 bȕdēmo obranili2 bȕdēte obranili2 bȕdū obranili2
past perfect obranio sam2 obranio si2 obranio je2 obranili smo2 obranili ste2 obranili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam obranio2 bȉo si obranio2 bȉo je obranio2 bíli smo obranili2 bíli ste obranili2 bíli su obranili2
aorist obranih obrani obrani obranismo obraniste obraniše
conditional conditional I obranio bih2 obranio bi2 obranio bi2 obranili bismo2 obranili biste2 obranili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih obranio2 bȉo bi obranio2 bȉo bi obranio2 bíli bismo obranili2 bíli biste obranili2 bíli bi obranili2
imperative obrani obranimo obranite
active past participle obranio m / obranila f / obranilo n obranili m / obranile f / obranila n
passive past participle obranjen m / obranjena f / obranjeno n obranjeni m / obranjene f / obranjena 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

From o- +‎ branīti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔbranìːti/, /ɔbraníːti/

Verb

obranīti pf

  1. to defend (ward off attack)
  2. to defend (an idea, opinion)

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive obranīti, obrániti
1st singular obránim
infinitive obranīti, obrániti obránit
supine obránit
verbal noun obránjenje
participle converb
present
past obránjen
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular obránił obranȋla obranílo
dual obraníla obraníli obraníli
plural obraníli obraníle obraníla
present imperative
1st singular obránim
2nd singular obrániš obráni
3rd singular obráni
1st dual obrániva obrániva, obranȋva
2nd dual obránita obránita, obranȋta
3rd dual obránita
1st plural obránimo obránimo, obranȋmo
2nd plural obránite obránite, obranȋte
3rd plural obránijo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • obraniti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • obraniti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references