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Ido

Verb

boriti

  1. plural nominal past passive participle of borar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *boriti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǒriti/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ri‧ti

Verb

bòriti impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀рити)

  1. (reflexive) to fight, struggle
  2. (reflexive) to compete

Conjugation

Conjugation of boriti
Infinitive: boriti Present verbal adverb: bòrēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: bòrēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present borim boriš bori borimo borite bore
Future Future I borit ću1
boriću 		borit ćeš1
borićeš 		borit će1
boriće 		borit ćemo1
borićemo 		borit ćete1
borićete 		borit će1
boriće
Future II bȕdēm borio2 bȕdēš borio2 bȕdē borio2 bȕdēmo borili2 bȕdēte borili2 bȕdū borili2
Past Perfect borio sam2 borio si2 borio je2 borili smo2 borili ste2 borili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam borio2 bȉo si borio2 bȉo je borio2 bíli smo borili2 bíli ste borili2 bíli su borili2
Imperfect borah boraše boraše borasmo boraste borahu
Conditional I borio bih2 borio bi2 borio bi2 borili bismo2 borili biste2 borili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih borio2 bȉo bi borio2 bȉo bi borio2 bíli bismo borili2 bíli biste borili2 bíli bi borili2
Imperative — bori — borimo borite —
Active past participle borio m / borila f / borilo n borili m / borile f / borila 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

  • “boriti” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *boriti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔrìːti/, /bɔríːti/

Verb

borīti impf

  1. (reflexive, intransitive) to fight, struggle
    • 2019 [1939], Alexander S. Neill, translated by Aleksander Jakopič, Problematični učitelj, Ljubljana, →ISBN, page 4:
      To se je zgodilo, ker so ljudje, ki verjamejo v to, za kar se borijo, boljši v vseh pogledih od mož, ki čutijo, da se v prvi vrsti borijo za to, da zadržijo »pljuni in spoliraj« režim.
      Thiis happened because those people that believe in what they are fighting for better in every aspect from men which feel that they are primarily fighting so that they retain the »spit and polish« regime.
  2. (reflexive, intransitive) to compete
    Synonym: tekmováti
    Za prvo mesto se bori tudi tekmovalec iz našega kraja. ― A competitor from our hometown is competing for the first place.
  3. (reflexive, intransitive, rare) to struggle to resist
  4. (reflexive, intransitive, rare) to drink

Conjugation

Class IV, accentual type III (accent is directly before the endings), imperfective
Infinitive borīti (i-ti)
Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) borīti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) borȉt, borīt
Supine borȋt
l-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular borȋł boríla borȋlo
dual borȋla borȋli borȋli
plural borȋli borȋle borȋla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
masculine feminine neuter
singular borjȅn borjéna borjéno
dual borjéna borjéni borjéni
plural borjéni borjéne borjéna
š-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular – – –
dual – – –
plural – – –
adverbial š-participle –
True gerund borjénje
Objectified gerund borjénje
Present stem borím (i-m)
Present indicative
singular dual plural
1st person borím boríva, boríma borímo
2nd person boríš boríta, borísta boríte, boríste
3rd person borí boríta, borísta boríjo, borẹ́
Imperative
singular dual plural
1st person bóri borȋva, borȋma borȋmo
2nd person bóri borȋta borȋte
3rd person bóri borȋta –
č-participle
masculine feminine neuter
singular borȅč borẹ́ča borẹ́če
dual borẹ́ča borẹ́či borẹ́či
plural borẹ́či borẹ́če borẹ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle borȅč
e-participle –

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “boriti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “boriti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese barrote.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

boriti (ma class, plural maboriti)

  1. (nautical) beam (transverse member of a ship's frame)
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