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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perjьti, From при̏је (“before”) + ѝћи (“go”).
Etymology 2
From пре (“before”) + ѝћи (“go”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prêːt͡ɕi/
- Hyphenation: пре‧ћи
Verb
пре̑ћи pf (Latin spelling prȇći)
- (transitive) to cross
- прећи улицу ― to be crossing the street
- (transitive) to exceed
- прећи границу ― to cross the limits
- (transitive, colloquial) to trick, deceive
- Прешао си ме! ― You fooled me!
- (intransitive) to paint, smear with (+ instrumental)
- прећи бојом ― to paint with colour
Conjugation
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.
Derived terms