ginuti

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Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 2 October 2022

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gybnǫti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡînuti/
  • Hyphenation: gi‧nu‧ti

Verb

gȉnuti impf (Cyrillic spelling ги̏нути)

  1. (intransitive) to be killed, perish (usually in a war or an accident)
    • 1380, N. N., “ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⱀꙿⱍⰰ” in the Paris Miscellany of 1380 (Code slave 11), folio 189b et seq.:
      ⱄⱅ꙯ꙿ ⱄⰵ ⰽⱁⱀꙿⱍⰰ ⰻ ⱄⰾꙿⱀꙿⱌⰵ ⱓⱃꙿ ⰸⰰⱈⱁⰴⰻ ·
      ⱂⱃⰲ꙯ⰴⰰ ⰳⰻⱀⰵ ⰾⱓⰱꙿⰲⱜ ⱄꙿⱅⰻⱀⰵ · ⱅⱞⰰ ⰻⱄⱈⱁⰴⰻ ·
      s(vě)t’ se kon’ča i sl’n’ce jur’ zahodi ·
      pr(a)vda gine ljub’v s’tine · tma ishodi ·
      The world is ending, and the sun is already setting:
      justice perishes, love congeals, darkness comes forth.
  2. (intransitive) to long for, dream of; languish, sigh

Conjugation

Conjugation of ginuti
Infinitive: ginuti Present verbal adverb: ginući Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: —
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present ginem gineš gine ginemo ginete ginu
Future Future I ginut ću1
ginuću 		ginut ćeš1
ginućeš 		ginut će1
ginuće 		ginut ćemo1
ginućemo 		ginut ćete1
ginućete 		ginut će1
ginuće
Future II bȕdēm ginuo2 bȕdēš ginuo2 bȕdē ginuo2 bȕdēmo ginuli2 bȕdēte ginuli2 bȕdū ginuli2
Past Perfect ginuo sam2 ginuo si2 ginuo je2 ginuli smo2 ginuli ste2 ginuli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam ginuo2 bȉo si ginuo2 bȉo je ginuo2 bíli smo ginuli2 bíli ste ginuli2 bíli su ginuli2
Imperfect ginjah ginjaše ginjaše ginjasmo ginjaste ginjahu
Conditional I ginuo bih2 ginuo bi2 ginuo bi2 ginuli bismo2 ginuli biste2 ginuli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih ginuo2 bȉo bi ginuo2 bȉo bi ginuo2 bíli bismo ginuli2 bíli biste ginuli2 bíli bi ginuli2
Imperative — gini — ginimo ginite —
Active past participle ginuo m / ginula f / ginulo n ginuli m / ginule f / ginula 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.

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