побелити

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From по- +‎ бел.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poběːliti/
  • Hyphenation: по‧бе‧ли‧ти

Verb

побе́лити pf (Latin spelling pobéliti)

  1. (transitive) to whiten, bleach

Conjugation

Conjugation of побелити
Infinitive: побелити Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: побе́лӣвши Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present побелим побелиш побели побелимо побелите побеле
Future Future I побелит ћу1
побелићу 		побелит ћеш1
побелићеш 		побелит ће1
побелиће 		побелит ћемо1
побелићемо 		побелит ћете1
побелићете 		побелит ће1
побелиће
Future II бу̏де̄м побелио2 бу̏де̄ш побелио2 бу̏де̄ побелио2 бу̏де̄мо побелили2 бу̏де̄те побелили2 бу̏дӯ побелили2
Past Perfect побелио сам2 побелио си2 побелио је2 побелили смо2 побелили сте2 побелили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам побелио2 би̏о си побелио2 би̏о је побелио2 би́ли смо побелили2 би́ли сте побелили2 би́ли су побелили2
Aorist побелих побели побели побелисмо побелисте побелише
Conditional I побелио бих2 побелио би2 побелио би2 побелили бисмо2 побелили бисте2 побелили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих побелио2 би̏о би побелио2 би̏о би побелио2 би́ли бисмо побелили2 би́ли бисте побелили2 би́ли би побелили2
Imperative — побели — побелимо побелите —
Active past participle побелио m / побелила f / побелило n побелили m / побелиле f / побелила n
Passive past participle побељен m / побељена f / побељено n побељени m / побељене f / побељена 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.

References

  • “побелити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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