ницати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nicati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nît͡sati/
  • Hyphenation: ни‧ца‧ти

Verb

ни̏цати impf (Latin spelling nȉcati)

  1. (intransitive) to sprout, shoot up
  2. (intransitive) to spring up, crop up
  3. (intransitive) to appear, emerge, arise

Conjugation

Conjugation of ницати
infinitive ницати
present verbal adverb ни̏чӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun ни̏ца̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present ничем ничеш ниче ничемо ничете ничу
future future I ницат ћу1
ницаћу
ницат ћеш1
ницаћеш
ницат ће1
ницаће
ницат ћемо1
ницаћемо
ницат ћете1
ницаћете
ницат ћē1
ницаће
future II бу̏де̄м ницао2 бу̏де̄ш ницао2 бу̏де̄ ницао2 бу̏де̄мо ницали2 бу̏де̄те ницали2 бу̏дӯ ницали2
past perfect ницао сам2 ницао си2 ницао је2 ницали смо2 ницали сте2 ницали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам ницао2 би̏о си ницао2 би̏о је ницао2 би́ли смо ницали2 би́ли сте ницали2 би́ли су ницали2
imperfect ницах ницаше ницаше ницасмо ницасте ницаху
conditional conditional I ницао бих2 ницао би2 ницао би2 ницали бисмо2 ницали бисте2 ницали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих ницао2 би̏о би ницао2 би̏о би ницао2 би́ли бисмо ницали2 би́ли бисте ницали2 би́ли би ницали2
imperative ничи ничимо ничите
active past participle ницао m / ницала f / ницало n ницали m / ницале f / ницала 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

  • ницати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025