prezati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From prégnuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prêzati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧za‧ti

Verb

prȅzati impf (Cyrillic spelling пре̏зати)

  1. (intransitive, language of literature) to shrink from, flinch (out of fear)
  2. (intransitive, language of literature) to stop at nothing, go any length
Conjugation
Conjugation of prezati
Infinitive: prezati Present verbal adverb: prȅzajūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: prȅzānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present prezam prezaš preza prezamo prezate prezaju
Future Future I prezat ću1
prezaću 		prezat ćeš1
prezaćeš 		prezat će1
prezaće 		prezat ćemo1
prezaćemo 		prezat ćete1
prezaćete 		prezat će1
prezaće
Future II bȕdēm prezao2 bȕdēš prezao2 bȕdē prezao2 bȕdēmo prezali2 bȕdēte prezali2 bȕdū prezali2
Past Perfect prezao sam2 prezao si2 prezao je2 prezali smo2 prezali ste2 prezali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam prezao2 bȉo si prezao2 bȉo je prezao2 bíli smo prezali2 bíli ste prezali2 bíli su prezali2
Imperfect prezah prezaše prezaše prezasmo prezaste prezahu
Conditional I prezao bih2 prezao bi2 prezao bi2 prezali bismo2 prezali biste2 prezali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih prezao2 bȉo bi prezao2 bȉo bi prezao2 bíli bismo prezali2 bíli biste prezali2 bíli bi prezali2
Imperative — prezaj — prezajmo prezajte —
Active past participle prezao m / prezala f / prezalo n prezali m / prezale f / prezala 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.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pręgti (Russian запряга́ть (zaprjagátʹ), Polish szprąg). Compare prégnuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prěːzati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧za‧ti

Verb

prézati impf (Cyrillic spelling пре́зати)

  1. (transitive) to harness, put into harness (of a horse)
Conjugation
Conjugation of prezati
Infinitive: prezati Present verbal adverb: préžūći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: prézānje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present prežem prežeš preže prežemo prežete prežu
Future Future I prezat ću1
prezaću 		prezat ćeš1
prezaćeš 		prezat će1
prezaće 		prezat ćemo1
prezaćemo 		prezat ćete1
prezaćete 		prezat će1
prezaće
Future II bȕdēm prezao2 bȕdēš prezao2 bȕdē prezao2 bȕdēmo prezali2 bȕdēte prezali2 bȕdū prezali2
Past Perfect prezao sam2 prezao si2 prezao je2 prezali smo2 prezali ste2 prezali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam prezao2 bȉo si prezao2 bȉo je prezao2 bíli smo prezali2 bíli ste prezali2 bíli su prezali2
Imperfect prezah prezaše prezaše prezasmo prezaste prezahu
Conditional I prezao bih2 prezao bi2 prezao bi2 prezali bismo2 prezali biste2 prezali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih prezao2 bȉo bi prezao2 bȉo bi prezao2 bíli bismo prezali2 bíli biste prezali2 bíli bi prezali2
Imperative — preži — prežimo prežite —
Active past participle prezao m / prezala f / prezalo n prezali m / prezale f / prezala 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.

References

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