pribiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pri- +‎ biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǐbiti/
  • Hyphenation: pri‧bi‧ti

Verb

prìbiti pf (Cyrillic spelling прѝбити)

  1. (transitive) to nail (fix using a nail)
  2. (reflexive) to cuddle up closely, nestle up to sth, snuggle up to sth

Conjugation

Conjugation of pribiti
infinitive pribiti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb prìbīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pribijem pribiješ pribije pribijemo pribijete pribiju
future future I pribit ću1
pribiću
pribit ćeš1
pribićeš
pribit će1
pribiće
pribit ćemo1
pribićemo
pribit ćete1
pribićete
pribit ćē1
pribiće
future II bȕdēm pribio2 bȕdēš pribio2 bȕdē pribio2 bȕdēmo pribili2 bȕdēte pribili2 bȕdū pribili2
past perfect pribio sam2 pribio si2 pribio je2 pribili smo2 pribili ste2 pribili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pribio2 bȉo si pribio2 bȉo je pribio2 bíli smo pribili2 bíli ste pribili2 bíli su pribili2
aorist pribih pribi pribi pribismo pribiste pribiše
conditional conditional I pribio bih2 pribio bi2 pribio bi2 pribili bismo2 pribili biste2 pribili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pribio2 bȉo bi pribio2 bȉo bi pribio2 bíli bismo pribili2 bíli biste pribili2 bíli bi pribili2
imperative pribij pribijmo pribijte
active past participle pribio m / pribila f / pribilo n pribili m / pribile f / pribila n
passive past participle pribijen m / pribijena f / pribijeno n pribijeni m / pribijene f / pribijena 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

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