poplaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ plaviti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poplǎːʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: po‧pla‧vi‧ti

Verb

popláviti pf (Cyrillic spelling попла́вити)

  1. (transitive) to flood, deluge
  2. to color blue

Conjugation

Conjugation of poplaviti
infinitive poplaviti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb poplávīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present poplavim poplaviš poplavi poplavimo poplavite poplave
future future I poplavit ću1
poplaviću
poplavit ćeš1
poplavićeš
poplavit će1
poplaviće
poplavit ćemo1
poplavićemo
poplavit ćete1
poplavićete
poplavit ćē1
poplaviće
future II bȕdēm poplavio2 bȕdēš poplavio2 bȕdē poplavio2 bȕdēmo poplavili2 bȕdēte poplavili2 bȕdū poplavili2
past perfect poplavio sam2 poplavio si2 poplavio je2 poplavili smo2 poplavili ste2 poplavili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam poplavio2 bȉo si poplavio2 bȉo je poplavio2 bíli smo poplavili2 bíli ste poplavili2 bíli su poplavili2
aorist poplavih poplavi poplavi poplavismo poplaviste poplaviše
conditional conditional I poplavio bih2 poplavio bi2 poplavio bi2 poplavili bismo2 poplavili biste2 poplavili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih poplavio2 bȉo bi poplavio2 bȉo bi poplavio2 bíli bismo poplavili2 bíli biste poplavili2 bíli bi poplavili2
imperative poplavi poplavimo poplavite
active past participle poplavio m / poplavila f / poplavilo n poplavili m / poplavile f / poplavila n
passive past participle poplavljen m / poplavljena f / poplavljeno n poplavljeni m / poplavljene f / poplavljena 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

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