križati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From krȋž.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krǐːʒati/
  • Hyphenation: kri‧ža‧ti

Verb

krížati impf (Cyrillic spelling кри́жати) (Croatia)

  1. (transitive) to cross, hybridize
  2. (transitive) to slice
  3. (transitive) to cross out
  4. (reflexive) to cross oneself
  5. (reflexive) to intersect

Conjugation

Conjugation of križati
Infinitive: križati Present verbal adverb: krížajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: krížānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present križam križaš križa križamo križate križaju
Future Future I križat ću1
križaću 		križat ćeš1
križaćeš 		križat će1
križaće 		križat ćemo1
križaćemo 		križat ćete1
križaćete 		križat će1
križaće
Future II bȕdēm križao2 bȕdēš križao2 bȕdē križao2 bȕdēmo križali2 bȕdēte križali2 bȕdū križali2
Past Perfect križao sam2 križao si2 križao je2 križali smo2 križali ste2 križali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam križao2 bȉo si križao2 bȉo je križao2 bíli smo križali2 bíli ste križali2 bíli su križali2
Imperfect križah križaše križaše križasmo križaste križahu
Conditional I križao bih2 križao bi2 križao bi2 križali bismo2 križali biste2 križali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih križao2 bȉo bi križao2 bȉo bi križao2 bíli bismo križali2 bíli biste križali2 bíli bi križali2
Imperative — križaj — križajmo križajte —
Active past participle križao m / križala f / križalo n križali m / križale f / križala n
Passive past participle križan m / križana f / križano n križani m / križane f / križana 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

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