zagristi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ gristi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǎɡristi/
  • Hyphenation: za‧gris‧ti

Verb

zàgristi pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀гристи)

  1. (transitive) to bite at/into, take a bite of
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) to set about, get/become involved/engaged in/with, get/enter into, get/let oneself into, go in for

Conjugation

Conjugation of zagristi
infinitive zagristi
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zàgrizāvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zagrizem zagrizeš zagrize zagrizemo zagrizete zagrizu
future future I zagrist ću1
zagrišću
zagrist ćeš1
zagrišćeš
zagrist će1
zagrišće
zagrist ćemo1
zagrišćemo
zagrist ćete1
zagrišćete
zagrist ćē1
zagrišće
future II bȕdēm zagrizao2 bȕdēš zagrizao2 bȕdē zagrizao2 bȕdēmo zagrizli2 bȕdēte zagrizli2 bȕdū zagrizli2
past perfect zagrizao sam2 zagrizao si2 zagrizao je2 zagrizli smo2 zagrizli ste2 zagrizli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zagrizao2 bȉo si zagrizao2 bȉo je zagrizao2 bíli smo zagrizli2 bíli ste zagrizli2 bíli su zagrizli2
aorist zagrizoh zagrize zagrize zagrizosmo zagrizoste zagrizoše
conditional conditional I zagrizao bih2 zagrizao bi2 zagrizao bi2 zagrizli bismo2 zagrizli biste2 zagrizli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zagrizao2 bȉo bi zagrizao2 bȉo bi zagrizao2 bíli bismo zagrizli2 bíli biste zagrizli2 bíli bi zagrizli2
imperative zagrizi zagrizimo zagrizite
active past participle zagrizao m / zagrizla f / zagrizlo n zagrizli m / zagrizle f / zagrizla n
passive past participle zagrizen m / zagrizena f / zagrizeno n zagrizeni m / zagrizene f / zagrizena 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

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