ukrštavati

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ukrʃtǎːʋati/
  • Hyphenation: u‧kr‧šta‧va‧ti

Verb

ukrštávati impf (Cyrillic spelling укршта́вати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to cross (of swords, lines, roads etc.)
  2. (transitive) to cross, crossbreed, hybridize (species)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ukrštavati
infinitive ukrštavati
present verbal adverb ukrštávajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ukrštávānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ukrštavam ukrštavaš ukrštava ukrštavamo ukrštavate ukrštavaju
future future I ukrštavat ću1
ukrštavaću
ukrštavat ćeš1
ukrštavaćeš
ukrštavat će1
ukrštavaće
ukrštavat ćemo1
ukrštavaćemo
ukrštavat ćete1
ukrštavaćete
ukrštavat ćē1
ukrštavaće
future II bȕdēm ukrštavao2 bȕdēš ukrštavao2 bȕdē ukrštavao2 bȕdēmo ukrštavali2 bȕdēte ukrštavali2 bȕdū ukrštavali2
past perfect ukrštavao sam2 ukrštavao si2 ukrštavao je2 ukrštavali smo2 ukrštavali ste2 ukrštavali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam ukrštavao2 bȉo si ukrštavao2 bȉo je ukrštavao2 bíli smo ukrštavali2 bíli ste ukrštavali2 bíli su ukrštavali2
imperfect ukrštavah ukrštavaše ukrštavaše ukrštavasmo ukrštavaste ukrštavahu
conditional conditional I ukrštavao bih2 ukrštavao bi2 ukrštavao bi2 ukrštavali bismo2 ukrštavali biste2 ukrštavali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih ukrštavao2 bȉo bi ukrštavao2 bȉo bi ukrštavao2 bíli bismo ukrštavali2 bíli biste ukrštavali2 bíli bi ukrštavali2
imperative ukrštavaj ukrštavajmo ukrštavajte
active past participle ukrštavao m / ukrštavala f / ukrštavalo n ukrštavali m / ukrštavale f / ukrštavala n
passive past participle ukrštavan m / ukrštavana f / ukrštavano n ukrštavani m / ukrštavane f / ukrštavana 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

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