губити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gubiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǔbiti/
  • Hyphenation: гу‧би‧ти

Verb

гу̀бити impf (Latin spelling gùbiti)

  1. (transitive) to lose, misplace
  2. (transitive) to lose (a battle, war, competition, hope, life, consciousness etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to lose (cards, race, elections etc.)
  4. (reflexive) to get lost, disappear

Conjugation

Conjugation of губити
Infinitive: губити Present verbal adverb: гу̀бе̄ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: гу̀бље̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present губим губиш губи губимо губите губе
Future Future I губит ћу1
губићу 		губит ћеш1
губићеш 		губит ће1
губиће 		губит ћемо1
губићемо 		губит ћете1
губићете 		губит ће1
губиће
Future II бу̏де̄м губио2 бу̏де̄ш губио2 бу̏де̄ губио2 бу̏де̄мо губили2 бу̏де̄те губили2 бу̏дӯ губили2
Past Perfect губио сам2 губио си2 губио је2 губили смо2 губили сте2 губили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам губио2 би̏о си губио2 би̏о је губио2 би́ли смо губили2 би́ли сте губили2 би́ли су губили2
Imperfect губљах губљаше губљаше губљасмо губљасте губљаху
Conditional I губио бих2 губио би2 губио би2 губили бисмо2 губили бисте2 губили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих губио2 би̏о би губио2 би̏о би губио2 би́ли бисмо губили2 би́ли бисте губили2 би́ли би губили2
Imperative — губи — губимо губите —
Active past participle губио m / губила f / губило n губили m / губиле f / губила n
Passive past participle губљен m / губљена f / губљено n губљени m / губљене f / губљена 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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Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gubiti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

губи́ти • (hubýty) impf (perfective згуби́ти) (transitive)

  1. to lose (cause to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances, events or reasons)
  2. to lose, to shed (part with)
  3. to lose (:some quality or ability)
  4. to destroy
  5. to ruin
  6. to waste (:time)

Conjugation

Conjugation of губи́ти, губи́ть (class 4c, imperfective, transitive)
For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive губи́ти, губи́ть
hubýty, hubýtʹ
participles present tense past tense
active — —
passive — —
adverbial гу́блячи
húbljačy 		губи́вши
hubývšy
present tense future tense
1st singular
я 		гублю́
hubljú 		бу́ду губи́ти, бу́ду губи́ть, губи́тиму
búdu hubýty, búdu hubýtʹ, hubýtymu
2nd singular
ти 		гу́биш
húbyš 		бу́деш губи́ти, бу́деш губи́ть, губи́тимеш
búdeš hubýty, búdeš hubýtʹ, hubýtymeš
3rd singular
він / вона / воно 		гу́бить
húbytʹ 		бу́де губи́ти, бу́де губи́ть, губи́тиме
búde hubýty, búde hubýtʹ, hubýtyme
1st plural
ми 		гу́бим, гу́бимо
húbym, húbymo 		бу́демо губи́ти, бу́демо губи́ть, губи́тимемо, губи́тимем
búdemo hubýty, búdemo hubýtʹ, hubýtymemo, hubýtymem
2nd plural
ви 		гу́бите
húbyte 		бу́дете губи́ти, бу́дете губи́ть, губи́тимете
búdete hubýty, búdete hubýtʹ, hubýtymete
3rd plural
вони 		гу́блять
húbljatʹ 		бу́дуть губи́ти, бу́дуть губи́ть, губи́тимуть
búdutʹ hubýty, búdutʹ hubýtʹ, hubýtymutʹ
imperative singular plural
first-person — губі́м, губі́мо
hubím, hubímo
second-person губи́
hubý 		губі́ть
hubítʹ
past tense singular plural
ми / ви / вони
masculine
я / ти / він 		губи́в
hubýv 		губи́ли
hubýly
feminine
я / ти / вона 		губи́ла
hubýla
neuter
воно 		губи́ло
hubýlo

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Further reading

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