zgrabiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ grabiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɡrâbiti/
  • Hyphenation: zgra‧bi‧ti

Verb

zgrȁbiti pf (Cyrillic spelling згра̏бити)

  1. (transitive) to seize, grip, grab, grasp, clutch
  2. (transitive) to seize, leap at, jump at (opportunity, something opportune hastily or timely)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zgrabiti
infinitive zgrabiti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb zgrȁbīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zgrabim zgrabiš zgrabi zgrabimo zgrabite zgrabe
future future I zgrabit ću1
zgrabiću
zgrabit ćeš1
zgrabićeš
zgrabit će1
zgrabiće
zgrabit ćemo1
zgrabićemo
zgrabit ćete1
zgrabićete
zgrabit ćē1
zgrabiće
future II bȕdēm zgrabio2 bȕdēš zgrabio2 bȕdē zgrabio2 bȕdēmo zgrabili2 bȕdēte zgrabili2 bȕdū zgrabili2
past perfect zgrabio sam2 zgrabio si2 zgrabio je2 zgrabili smo2 zgrabili ste2 zgrabili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zgrabio2 bȉo si zgrabio2 bȉo je zgrabio2 bíli smo zgrabili2 bíli ste zgrabili2 bíli su zgrabili2
aorist zgrabih zgrabi zgrabi zgrabismo zgrabiste zgrabiše
conditional conditional I zgrabio bih2 zgrabio bi2 zgrabio bi2 zgrabili bismo2 zgrabili biste2 zgrabili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zgrabio2 bȉo bi zgrabio2 bȉo bi zgrabio2 bíli bismo zgrabili2 bíli biste zgrabili2 bíli bi zgrabili2
imperative zgrabi zgrabimo zgrabite
active past participle zgrabio m / zgrabila f / zgrabilo n zgrabili m / zgrabile f / zgrabila n
passive past participle zgrabljen m / zgrabljena f / zgrabljeno n zgrabljeni m / zgrabljene f / zgrabljena 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

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