бранити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borniti, related to бо̀рити се (“to fight, struggle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brǎːniti/
  • Hyphenation: бра‧ни‧ти

Verb

бра́нити impf (Latin spelling brániti)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to defend
  2. (intransitive) to forbid

Conjugation

Conjugation of бранити
Infinitive: бранити Present verbal adverb: бра́не̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: бра́ње̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present браним браниш брани бранимо браните бране
Future Future I бранит ћу1
бранићу 		бранит ћеш1
бранићеш 		бранит ће1
браниће 		бранит ћемо1
бранићемо 		бранит ћете1
бранићете 		бранит ће1
браниће
Future II бу̏де̄м бранио2 бу̏де̄ш бранио2 бу̏де̄ бранио2 бу̏де̄мо бранили2 бу̏де̄те бранили2 бу̏дӯ бранили2
Past Perfect бранио сам2 бранио си2 бранио је2 бранили смо2 бранили сте2 бранили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам бранио2 би̏о си бранио2 би̏о је бранио2 би́ли смо бранили2 би́ли сте бранили2 би́ли су бранили2
Imperfect брањах брањаше брањаше брањасмо брањасте брањаху
Conditional I бранио бих2 бранио би2 бранио би2 бранили бисмо2 бранили бисте2 бранили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих бранио2 би̏о би бранио2 би̏о би бранио2 би́ли бисмо бранили2 би́ли бисте бранили2 би́ли би бранили2
Imperative — брани — бранимо браните —
Active past participle бранио m / бранила f / бранило n бранили m / браниле f / бранила n
Passive past participle брањен m / брањена f / брањено n брањени m / брањене f / брањена 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

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