činiti

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Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈt͡ʃiɲici/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈt͡ʃiɲici/

Verb

činiti impf

  1. to make (to cause to be)
    činiti prázdna koho (ot) čeho ― to rid someone of something
    činiti bezpečna koho (ot) čeho ― to protect someone from something
    činiti krátko komu ― to wrong someone
    činiti známo co komu ― to inform someone about something
  2. to act

Conjugation

Conjugation of činiti (class IV)
infinitive supine verbal noun
činiti činit čiňenie
Present Imperative
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
1st person čiňu činívě (-va) činím (-me/-my) – čiňvě, činivě (-va) čiňme, činim (-me/-my)
2nd person činíš činíta činíte čiň, čini čiňta, činita čiňte, činite
3rd person činí činíta činie čiň, čini čiňta, činita čiňte, činite
Sigmatic aorist Imperfect
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
1st person činich činichově (-va) činichom (-me/-my) činiech činiechově (-va) činiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person čini činista (-šta) činiste (-šte) činieše činiešta (-sta) činiešte (-ste)
3rd person čini činista (-šta) činichu činieše činiešta (-sta) činiechu
L-participle Passive participle
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Masculine činil činila činili čiňen čiňena čiňeni
Feminine činila činile činily čiňena čiňeně čiňeny
Neuter činilo činile činila čiňeno čiňeně čiňena
Nt-participle S-participle
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Masculine čině činiece činiv činivše
Feminine činieci činivši
Neuter čině, činieci činiv, činivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of činiti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: činit

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *činiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǐniti/
  • Hyphenation: či‧ni‧ti

Verb

čìniti impf (Cyrillic spelling чѝнити)

  1. (transitive) to make, do
  2. (transitive) to commit, perform
  3. (transitive) to constitute, consist, make up
  4. (transitive) to tan
  5. (reflexive) to appear, seem

Conjugation

Conjugation of činiti
Infinitive: činiti Present verbal adverb: čìnēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: čìnjēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present činim činiš čini činimo činite čine
Future Future I činit ću1
činiću 		činit ćeš1
činićeš 		činit će1
činiće 		činit ćemo1
činićemo 		činit ćete1
činićete 		činit će1
činiće
Future II bȕdēm činio2 bȕdēš činio2 bȕdē činio2 bȕdēmo činili2 bȕdēte činili2 bȕdū činili2
Past Perfect činio sam2 činio si2 činio je2 činili smo2 činili ste2 činili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam činio2 bȉo si činio2 bȉo je činio2 bíli smo činili2 bíli ste činili2 bíli su činili2
Imperfect činjah činjaše činjaše činjasmo činjaste činjahu
Conditional I činio bih2 činio bi2 činio bi2 činili bismo2 činili biste2 činili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih činio2 bȉo bi činio2 bȉo bi činio2 bíli bismo činili2 bíli biste činili2 bíli bi činili2
Imperative — čini — činimo činite —
Active past participle činio m / činila f / činilo n činili m / činile f / činila n
Passive past participle činjen m / činjena f / činjeno n činjeni m / činjene f / činjena 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.

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