ближити

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blǐːʒiti/
  • Hyphenation: бли‧жи‧ти

Verb

бли́жити impf (Latin spelling blížiti)

  1. (reflexive) to approach, come closer, near

Conjugation

Conjugation of ближити
Infinitive: ближити Present verbal adverb: бли́же̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: бли́же̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present ближим ближиш ближи ближимо ближите ближе
Future Future I ближит ћу1
ближићу 		ближит ћеш1
ближићеш 		ближит ће1
ближиће 		ближит ћемо1
ближићемо 		ближит ћете1
ближићете 		ближит ће1
ближиће
Future II бу̏де̄м ближио2 бу̏де̄ш ближио2 бу̏де̄ ближио2 бу̏де̄мо ближили2 бу̏де̄те ближили2 бу̏дӯ ближили2
Past Perfect ближио сам2 ближио си2 ближио је2 ближили смо2 ближили сте2 ближили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам ближио2 би̏о си ближио2 би̏о је ближио2 би́ли смо ближили2 би́ли сте ближили2 би́ли су ближили2
Imperfect ближах ближаше ближаше ближасмо ближасте ближаху
Conditional I ближио бих2 ближио би2 ближио би2 ближили бисмо2 ближили бисте2 ближили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих ближио2 би̏о би ближио2 би̏о би ближио2 би́ли бисмо ближили2 би́ли бисте ближили2 би́ли би ближили2
Imperative — ближи — ближимо ближите —
Active past participle ближио m / ближила f / ближило n ближили m / ближиле f / ближила n
Passive past participle ближен m / ближена f / ближено n ближени m / ближене f / ближена 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

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