духати

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duxati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǔːxati/
  • Hyphenation: ду‧ха‧ти

Verb

ду́хати impf (Latin spelling dúhati) (Croatia)

  1. (intransitive) to blow
  2. (intransitive) to puff, pant
  3. (intransitive) to wheeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of духати
Infinitive: духати Present verbal adverb: ду́хајӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ду́ха̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present душем душеш душе душемо душете душу
Future Future I духат ћу1
духаћу 		духат ћеш1
духаћеш 		духат ће1
духаће 		духат ћемо1
духаћемо 		духат ћете1
духаћете 		духат ће1
духаће
Future II бу̏де̄м духао2 бу̏де̄ш духао2 бу̏де̄ духао2 бу̏де̄мо духали2 бу̏де̄те духали2 бу̏дӯ духали2
Past Perfect духао сам2 духао си2 духао је2 духали смо2 духали сте2 духали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам духао2 би̏о си духао2 би̏о је духао2 би́ли смо духали2 би́ли сте духали2 би́ли су духали2
Imperfect духах духаше духаше духасмо духасте духаху
Conditional I духао бих2 духао би2 духао би2 духали бисмо2 духали бисте2 духали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих духао2 би̏о би духао2 би̏о би духао2 би́ли бисмо духали2 би́ли бисте духали2 би́ли би духали2
Imperative — души — душимо душите —
Active past participle духао m / духала f / духало n духали m / духале f / духала n
Passive past participle духан m / духана f / духано n духани m / духане f / духана 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.

Further reading

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