потицати

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǒtit͡sati/
  • Hyphenation: по‧ти‧ца‧ти

Verb

по̀тицати impf (Latin spelling pòticati)

  1. (transitive) to urge, goad, induce, move

Conjugation

Conjugation of потицати
Infinitive: потицати Present verbal adverb: по̀тичӯћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: по̀тица̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present потичем потичеш потиче потичемо потичете потичу
Future Future I потицат ћу1
потицаћу 		потицат ћеш1
потицаћеш 		потицат ће1
потицаће 		потицат ћемо1
потицаћемо 		потицат ћете1
потицаћете 		потицат ће1
потицаће
Future II бу̏де̄м потицао2 бу̏де̄ш потицао2 бу̏де̄ потицао2 бу̏де̄мо потицали2 бу̏де̄те потицали2 бу̏дӯ потицали2
Past Perfect потицао сам2 потицао си2 потицао је2 потицали смо2 потицали сте2 потицали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам потицао2 би̏о си потицао2 би̏о је потицао2 би́ли смо потицали2 би́ли сте потицали2 би́ли су потицали2
Imperfect потицах потицаше потицаше потицасмо потицасте потицаху
Conditional I потицао бих2 потицао би2 потицао би2 потицали бисмо2 потицали бисте2 потицали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих потицао2 би̏о би потицао2 би̏о би потицао2 би́ли бисмо потицали2 би́ли бисте потицали2 би́ли би потицали2
Imperative — потичи — потичимо потичите —
Active past participle потицао m / потицала f / потицало n потицали m / потицале f / потицала n
Passive past participle потицан m / потицана f / потицано n потицани m / потицане f / потицана 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

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