потопити

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *potopiti. Compare Czech potopit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /potǒpiti/
  • Hyphenation: по‧то‧пи‧ти

Verb

пото̀пити pf (Latin spelling potòpiti)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to drown, sink
  2. (transitive) to moisten, soak, dip
  3. (transitive) to flood

Conjugation

Conjugation of потопити
Infinitive: потопити Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: пото̀пӣвши 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 потопим потопиш потопи потопимо потопите потопе
Future Future I потопит ћу1
потопићу 		потопит ћеш1
потопићеш 		потопит ће1
потопиће 		потопит ћемо1
потопићемо 		потопит ћете1
потопићете 		потопит ће1
потопиће
Future II бу̏де̄м потопио2 бу̏де̄ш потопио2 бу̏де̄ потопио2 бу̏де̄мо потопили2 бу̏де̄те потопили2 бу̏дӯ потопили2
Past Perfect потопио сам2 потопио си2 потопио је2 потопили смо2 потопили сте2 потопили су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам потопио2 би̏о си потопио2 би̏о је потопио2 би́ли смо потопили2 би́ли сте потопили2 би́ли су потопили2
Aorist потопих потопи потопи потописмо потописте потопише
Conditional I потопио бих2 потопио би2 потопио би2 потопили бисмо2 потопили бисте2 потопили би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих потопио2 би̏о би потопио2 би̏о би потопио2 би́ли бисмо потопили2 би́ли бисте потопили2 би́ли би потопили2
Imperative — потопи — потопимо потопите —
Active past participle потопио m / потопила f / потопило n потопили m / потопиле f / потопила n
Passive past participle потопљен m / потопљена f / потопљено n потопљени m / потопљене f / потопљена 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

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