bušiti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bušiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǔːʃiti/
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ši‧ti

Verb

búšiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бу́шити)

  1. (transitive) to bore, drill

Conjugation

Conjugation of bušiti
Infinitive: bušiti Present verbal adverb: búšēći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: búšēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present bušim bušiš buši bušimo bušite buše
Future Future I bušit ću1
bušiću 		bušit ćeš1
bušićeš 		bušit će1
bušiće 		bušit ćemo1
bušićemo 		bušit ćete1
bušićete 		bušit će1
bušiće
Future II bȕdēm bušio2 bȕdēš bušio2 bȕdē bušio2 bȕdēmo bušili2 bȕdēte bušili2 bȕdū bušili2
Past Perfect bušio sam2 bušio si2 bušio je2 bušili smo2 bušili ste2 bušili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam bušio2 bȉo si bušio2 bȉo je bušio2 bíli smo bušili2 bíli ste bušili2 bíli su bušili2
Imperfect bušah bušaše bušaše bušasmo bušaste bušahu
Conditional I bušio bih2 bušio bi2 bušio bi2 bušili bismo2 bušili biste2 bušili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih bušio2 bȉo bi bušio2 bȉo bi bušio2 bíli bismo bušili2 bíli biste bušili2 bíli bi bušili2
Imperative — buši — bušimo bušite —
Active past participle bušio m / bušila f / bušilo n bušili m / bušile f / bušila n
Passive past participle bušen m / bušena f / bušeno n bušeni m / bušene f / bušena 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

Further reading

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