prekopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ kopati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prekǒpati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ko‧pa‧ti

Verb

prekòpati pf (Cyrillic spelling преко̀пати)

  1. (transitive) to dig up (all over, across), to turn over the ground, to hove over
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to ransack, rake up, rummage

Conjugation

Conjugation of prekopati
infinitive prekopati
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb prekòpāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prekopam prekopaš prekopa prekopamo prekopate prekopaju
future future I prekopat ću1
prekopaću
prekopat ćeš1
prekopaćeš
prekopat će1
prekopaće
prekopat ćemo1
prekopaćemo
prekopat ćete1
prekopaćete
prekopat ćē1
prekopaće
future II bȕdēm prekopao2 bȕdēš prekopao2 bȕdē prekopao2 bȕdēmo prekopali2 bȕdēte prekopali2 bȕdū prekopali2
past perfect prekopao sam2 prekopao si2 prekopao je2 prekopali smo2 prekopali ste2 prekopali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prekopao2 bȉo si prekopao2 bȉo je prekopao2 bíli smo prekopali2 bíli ste prekopali2 bíli su prekopali2
aorist prekopah prekopa prekopa prekopasmo prekopaste prekopaše
conditional conditional I prekopao bih2 prekopao bi2 prekopao bi2 prekopali bismo2 prekopali biste2 prekopali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prekopao2 bȉo bi prekopao2 bȉo bi prekopao2 bíli bismo prekopali2 bíli biste prekopali2 bíli bi prekopali2
imperative prekopaj prekopajmo prekopajte
active past participle prekopao m / prekopala f / prekopalo n prekopali m / prekopale f / prekopala n
passive past participle prekopan m / prekopana f / prekopano n prekopani m / prekopane f / prekopana 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.