ušuškati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From u- +‎ šȕškati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǔʃuʃkati/

Verb

ùšuškati pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀шушкати)

  1. (usually reflexive) to tuck in, to nestle

Conjugation

Conjugation of ušuškati
infinitive ušuškati
present verbal adverb ušuškajući
past verbal adverb ušuškāvši
verbal noun ušuškanje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ušuškām ušuškaš ušuška ušuškamo ušuškate ušuškaju
future future I ušuškat ću1
ušuškaću
ušuškat ćeš1
ušuškaćeš
ušuškat će1
ušuškaće
ušuškat ćemo1
ušuškaćemo
ušuškat ćete1
ušuškaćete
ušuškat ćē1
ušuškaće
future II bȕdēm ušuškao2 bȕdēš ušuškao2 bȕdē ušuškao2 bȕdēmo ušuškali2 bȕdēte ušuškali2 bȕdū ušuškali2
past perfect ušuškao sam2 ušuškao si2 ušuškao je2 ušuškali smo2 ušuškali ste2 ušuškali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ušuškao2 bȉo si ušuškao2 bȉo je ušuškao2 bíli smo ušuškali2 bíli ste ušuškali2 bíli su ušuškali2
aorist ušuškah ušuška ušuška ušuškasmo ušuškaste ušuškaše
conditional conditional I ušuškao bih2 ušuškao bi2 ušuškao bi2 ušuškali bismo2 ušuškali biste2 ušuškali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ušuškao2 bȉo bi ušuškao2 bȉo bi ušuškao2 bíli bismo ušuškali2 bíli biste ušuškali2 bíli bi ušuškali2
imperative ušuškaj ušuškajmo ušuškajte
active past participle ušuškao m / ušuškala f / ušuškalo n ušuškali m / ušuškale f / ušuškala n
passive past participle ùšuškān m / ušuškana f / ušuškano n ušuškani m / ušuškane f / ušuškana 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.

References

  • ušuškati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • ušuškati”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 649