skresati

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From s- +‎ kresati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skrěsati/
  • Hyphenation: skre‧sa‧ti

Verb

skrèsati pf (Cyrillic spelling скрѐсати)

  1. (transitive) to prune, cut, trim
  2. (transitive) to reduce, retrench, curtail, decrease
    skresati budžet ― to cut a budget
  3. (transitive, with dative) to speak openly and harshly
    Sve sam mu skresao u oči. ― I told him off to his face.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skresati
Infinitive: skresati Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: skrèsāvši 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 skrešem skrešeš skreše skrešemo skrešete skrešu
Future Future I skresat ću1
skresaću 		skresat ćeš1
skresaćeš 		skresat će1
skresaće 		skresat ćemo1
skresaćemo 		skresat ćete1
skresaćete 		skresat će1
skresaće
Future II bȕdēm skresao2 bȕdēš skresao2 bȕdē skresao2 bȕdēmo skresali2 bȕdēte skresali2 bȕdū skresali2
Past Perfect skresao sam2 skresao si2 skresao je2 skresali smo2 skresali ste2 skresali su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam skresao2 bȉo si skresao2 bȉo je skresao2 bíli smo skresali2 bíli ste skresali2 bíli su skresali2
Aorist skresah skresa skresa skresasmo skresaste skresaše
Conditional I skresao bih2 skresao bi2 skresao bi2 skresali bismo2 skresali biste2 skresali bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih skresao2 bȉo bi skresao2 bȉo bi skresao2 bíli bismo skresali2 bíli biste skresali2 bíli bi skresali2
Imperative — skreši — skrešimo skrešite —
Active past participle skresao m / skresala f / skresalo n skresali m / skresale f / skresala n
Passive past participle skresan m / skresana f / skresano n skresani m / skresane f / skresana 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

  • “skresati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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