roniti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

ronjati

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *roniti. First attested in the 16th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rǒniti/
Hyphenation: ro‧ni‧ti

Verb

ròniti impf (Cyrillic spelling ро̀нити)

(intransitive) to dive (swim under water)
(transitive) to let fall, to shed (tears)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *roniti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		roniti
present verbal adverb		rònēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		rònjēnje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		ronim	roniš	roni	ronimo	ronite	rone
future	future I	ronit ću¹ roniću	ronit ćeš¹ ronićeš	ronit će¹ roniće	ronit ćemo¹ ronićemo	ronit ćete¹ ronićete	ronit ćē¹ roniće
future	future II	bȕdēm ronio²	bȕdēš ronio²	bȕdē ronio²	bȕdēmo ronili²	bȕdēte ronili²	bȕdū ronili²
past	perfect	ronio sam²	ronio si²	ronio je²	ronili smo²	ronili ste²	ronili su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam ronio²	bȉo si ronio²	bȉo je ronio²	bíli smo ronili²	bíli ste ronili²	bíli su ronili²
	imperfect	ronjah	ronjaše	ronjaše	ronjasmo	ronjaste	ronjahu
conditional	conditional I	ronio bih²	ronio bi²	ronio bi²	ronili bismo²	ronili biste²	ronili bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih ronio²	bȉo bi ronio²	bȉo bi ronio²	bíli bismo ronili²	bíli biste ronili²	bíli bi ronili²
imperative		—	roni	—	ronimo	ronite	—
active past participle		ronio m / ronila f / ronilo n			ronili m / ronile f / ronila 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.

Derived terms

izròniti
odròniti
podròniti
preròniti
uròniti
zaròniti

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “roniti”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 307

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “roniti”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 307

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