Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borniti, related to bòriti se (“to fight, struggle”).
brániti impf (Cyrillic spelling бра́нити)
| Infinitive: braniti | Present verbal adverb: bránēći | Past verbal adverb: — | Verbal noun: bránjēnje | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Verbal forms | ja | ti | on / ona / ono | mi | vi | oni / one / ona | |
| Present | branim | braniš | brani | branimo | branite | brane | |
| Future | Future I | branit ću1 braniću |
branit ćeš1 branićeš |
branit će1 braniće |
branit ćemo1 branićemo |
branit ćete1 branićete |
branit će1 braniće |
| Future II | bȕdēm branio2 | bȕdēš branio2 | bȕdē branio2 | bȕdēmo branili2 | bȕdēte branili2 | bȕdū branili2 | |
| Past | Perfect | branio sam2 | branio si2 | branio je2 | branili smo2 | branili ste2 | branili su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam branio2 | bȉo si branio2 | bȉo je branio2 | bíli smo branili2 | bíli ste branili2 | bíli su branili2 | |
| Imperfect | branjah | branjaše | branjaše | branjasmo | branjaste | branjahu | |
| Conditional I | branio bih2 | branio bi2 | branio bi2 | branili bismo2 | branili biste2 | branili bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih branio2 | bȉo bi branio2 | bȉo bi branio2 | bíli bismo branili2 | bíli biste branili2 | bíli bi branili2 | |
| Imperative | — | brani | — | branimo | branite | — | |
| Active past participle | branio m / branila f / branilo n | branili m / branile f / branila n | |||||
| Passive past participle | branjen m / branjena f / branjeno n | branjeni m / branjene f / branjena 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.
| |||||||
From Proto-Slavic *borniti.
branīti or brániti impf
| Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts) | branīti, brániti | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial) | bránit | ||
| Supine | bránit | ||
| l-participle | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| singular | bránił | branȋla, bránila | branílo, bránilo |
| dual | braníla, bránila | braníli, bránili | braníli, bránili |
| plural | braníli, bránili | braníle, bránile | braníla, bránila |
| n-/t-participle (passive participle) | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| singular | bránjen | bránjena | bránjeno |
| dual | bránjena | bránjeni | bránjeni |
| plural | bránjeni | bránjene | bránjena |
| š-participle | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| singular | – | – | – |
| dual | – | – | – |
| plural | – | – | – |
| adverbial š-participle | – | ||
| True gerund | bránjenje | ||
| Objectified gerund | – | ||
| Present indicative | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | bránim | brániva, bránima | bránimo |
| 2nd person | brániš | bránita, bránista | bránite, brániste |
| 3rd person | bráni | bránita, bránista | bránijo |
| Imperative | |||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | bráni | branȋva, brániva, branȋma, bránima | branȋmo, bránimo |
| 2nd person | bráni | branȋta, bránita | branȋte, bránite |
| 3rd person | bráni | [[branȋta, bránita]] | – |
| č-participle | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| singular | branȅč | branẹ́ča | branẹ́če |
| dual | branẹ́ča | branẹ́či | branẹ́či |
| plural | branẹ́či | branẹ́če | branẹ́ča |
| adverbial participles | |||
| č-participle | branẹ̄č, branȅč | ||
| e-participle | – | ||