zabosti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ bosti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎbosti/
  • Hyphenation: za‧bos‧ti

Verb

zàbosti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бости)

  1. (transitive) to stick, drive (something sharp)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zabosti
infinitive zabosti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zàbōvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zabodem zabodeš zabode zabodemo zabodete zabodu
future future I zabost ću1
zabošću
zabost ćeš1
zabošćeš
zabost će1
zabošće
zabost ćemo1
zabošćemo
zabost ćete1
zabošćete
zabost ćē1
zabošće
future II bȕdēm zaboo2 bȕdēš zaboo2 bȕdē zaboo2 bȕdēmo zaboli2 bȕdēte zaboli2 bȕdū zaboli2
past perfect zaboo sam2 zaboo si2 zaboo je2 zaboli smo2 zaboli ste2 zaboli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zaboo2 bȉo si zaboo2 bȉo je zaboo2 bíli smo zaboli2 bíli ste zaboli2 bíli su zaboli2
aorist zabodoh zabode zabode zabodosmo zabodoste zabodoše
conditional conditional I zaboo bih2 zaboo bi2 zaboo bi2 zaboli bismo2 zaboli biste2 zaboli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zaboo2 bȉo bi zaboo2 bȉo bi zaboo2 bíli bismo zaboli2 bíli biste zaboli2 bíli bi zaboli2
imperative zabodi zabodimo zabodite
active past participle zaboo m / zabola f / zabolo n zaboli m / zabole f / zabola n
passive past participle zaboden m / zabodena f / zabodeno n zabodeni m / zabodene f / zabodena 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

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