тицати

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tykati (sę).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǐːt͡sati/
  • Hyphenation: ти‧ца‧ти

Verb

ти́цати impf (Latin spelling tícati)

  1. (transitive) to touch
  2. (reflexive) to concern or pertain oneself with something (+accusative)
    То се тебе не тиче. — That is none of your business.
    Питање глобалног затопљења се тиче свих нас. — The issue of global warming is a concern of all of us.

Conjugation

Conjugation of тицати
Infinitive: тицати Present verbal adverb: ти́чу̑ћи Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: ти́ца̄ње
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ја ти он / она / оно ми ви они / оне / она
Present тичем тичеш тиче тичемо тичете тичу
Future Future I тицат ћу1
тицаћу 		тицат ћеш1
тицаћеш 		тицат ће1
тицаће 		тицат ћемо1
тицаћемо 		тицат ћете1
тицаћете 		тицат ће1
тицаће
Future II бу̏де̄м тицао2 бу̏де̄ш тицао2 бу̏де̄ тицао2 бу̏де̄мо тицали2 бу̏де̄те тицали2 бу̏дӯ тицали2
Past Perfect тицао сам2 тицао си2 тицао је2 тицали смо2 тицали сте2 тицали су2
Pluperfect3 би̏о сам тицао2 би̏о си тицао2 би̏о је тицао2 би́ли смо тицали2 би́ли сте тицали2 би́ли су тицали2
Imperfect тицах тицаше тицаше тицасмо тицасте тицаху
Conditional I тицао бих2 тицао би2 тицао би2 тицали бисмо2 тицали бисте2 тицали би2
Conditional II4 би̏о бих тицао2 би̏о би тицао2 би̏о би тицао2 би́ли бисмо тицали2 би́ли бисте тицали2 би́ли би тицали2
Imperative — тичи — тичимо тичите —
Active past participle тицао m / тицала f / тицало n тицали m / тицале f / тицала n
Passive past participle тицан m / тицана f / тицано n тицани m / тицане f / тицана 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

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