bojati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bajā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-eh₂-ti, from *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǒjati/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ja‧ti

Verb

bòjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀јати)

  1. (reflexive) to fear, be afraid of (+genitive case)
    bojim se ― I'm afraid
    bojim ga se ― I'm afraid of him
    ne boj se ― don't be afraid
    nemaš se čega bojati ― there is nothing to be afraid of
    ona se boji vlastitog oca ― she's afraid of her own father
    nemoj se bojati ― don't be afraid
    ne trebaš se bojati ― there is no need to be afraid
    on se boji i vlastite s(j)ene ― he's afraid even of his own shadow
Conjugation
Conjugation of bojati
Infinitive: bojati Present verbal adverb: bòjēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bòjānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bojim bojiš boji bojimo bojite boje
Future Future I bojat ću1
bojaću 		bojat ćeš1
bojaćeš 		bojat će1
bojaće 		bojat ćemo1
bojaćemo 		bojat ćete1
bojaćete 		bojat će1
bojaće
Future II bȕdēm bojao2 bȕdēš bojao2 bȕdē bojao2 bȕdēmo bojali2 bȕdēte bojali2 bȕdū bojali2
Past Perfect bojao sam2 bojao si2 bojao je2 bojali smo2 bojali ste2 bojali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bojao2 bȉo si bojao2 bȉo je bojao2 bíli smo bojali2 bíli ste bojali2 bíli su bojali2
Imperfect bojah bojaše bojaše bojasmo bojaste bojahu
Conditional I bojao bih2 bojao bi2 bojao bi2 bojali bismo2 bojali biste2 bojali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bojao2 bȉo bi bojao2 bȉo bi bojao2 bíli bismo bojali2 bíli biste bojali2 bíli bi bojali2
Imperative — boj — bojmo bojte —
Active past participle bojao m / bojala f / bojalo n bojali m / bojale f / bojala 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.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From boja +‎ -ti.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǒjati/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ja‧ti

Verb

bòjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀јати)

  1. (transitive) to color
  2. (transitive) to dye (hair, cloth..)
  3. (transitive) to paint (by brush)
  4. (transitive) to distemper
  5. (transitive) to stain (glass etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bojati
Infinitive: bojati Present verbal adverb: bòjajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bòjānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bojam bojaš boja bojamo bojate bojaju
Future Future I bojat ću1
bojaću 		bojat ćeš1
bojaćeš 		bojat će1
bojaće 		bojat ćemo1
bojaćemo 		bojat ćete1
bojaćete 		bojat će1
bojaće
Future II bȕdēm bojao2 bȕdēš bojao2 bȕdē bojao2 bȕdēmo bojali2 bȕdēte bojali2 bȕdū bojali2
Past Perfect bojao sam2 bojao si2 bojao je2 bojali smo2 bojali ste2 bojali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bojao2 bȉo si bojao2 bȉo je bojao2 bíli smo bojali2 bíli ste bojali2 bíli su bojali2
Imperfect bojah bojaše bojaše bojasmo bojaste bojahu
Conditional I bojao bih2 bojao bi2 bojao bi2 bojali bismo2 bojali biste2 bojali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bojao2 bȉo bi bojao2 bȉo bi bojao2 bíli bismo bojali2 bíli biste bojali2 bíli bi bojali2
Imperative — boj — bojmo bojte —
Active past participle bojao m / bojala f / bojalo n bojali m / bojale f / bojala 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.

Derived terms

References

  • “bojati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “bojati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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