širiti

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See also: siriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *širiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃǐːriti/
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ri‧ti

Verb

šíriti impf (Cyrillic spelling ши́рити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to widen
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to expand
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to spread

Conjugation

Conjugation of širiti
Infinitive: širiti Present verbal adverb: šírēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: šírēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present širim širiš širi širimo širite šire
Future Future I širit ću1
širiću 		širit ćeš1
širićeš 		širit će1
širiće 		širit ćemo1
širićemo 		širit ćete1
širićete 		širit će1
širiće
Future II bȕdēm širio2 bȕdēš širio2 bȕdē širio2 bȕdēmo širili2 bȕdēte širili2 bȕdū širili2
Past Perfect širio sam2 širio si2 širio je2 širili smo2 širili ste2 širili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam širio2 bȉo si širio2 bȉo je širio2 bíli smo širili2 bíli ste širili2 bíli su širili2
Imperfect širah širaše širaše širasmo širaste širahu
Conditional I širio bih2 širio bi2 širio bi2 širili bismo2 širili biste2 širili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih širio2 bȉo bi širio2 bȉo bi širio2 bíli bismo širili2 bíli biste širili2 bíli bi širili2
Imperative — širi — širimo širite —
Active past participle širio m / širila f / širilo n širili m / širile f / širila n
Passive past participle širen m / širena f / šireno n šireni m / širene f / širena 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “širiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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