stegnuti

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From s- + Proto-Slavic *tęgnǫti, compare téžak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stěːɡnuti/
  • Hyphenation: ste‧gnu‧ti

Verb

stégnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling сте́гнути)

  1. (transitive) to tighten, constrict, constringe
  2. (reflexive) to contract, close (of wound, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stegnuti
Infinitive: stegnuti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: stégnūvši 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 stegnem stegneš stegne stegnemo stegnete stegnu
Future Future I steći ću1
stegnuću 		steći ćeš1
stegnućeš 		steći će1
stegnuće 		steći ćemo1
stegnućemo 		steći ćete1
stegnućete 		steći će1
stegnuće
Future II bȕdēm stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȕdēš stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȕdē stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȕdēmo stegnuli/stegli2 bȕdēte stegnuli/stegli2 bȕdū stegnuli/stegli2
Past Perfect stégnuo/stȇgao sam2 stégnuo/stȇgao si2 stégnuo/stȇgao je2 stegnuli/stegli smo2 stegnuli/stegli ste2 stegnuli/stegli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȉo si stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȉo je stégnuo/stȇgao2 bíli smo stegnuli/stegli2 bíli ste stegnuli/stegli2 bíli su stegnuli/stegli2
Aorist stegnuh stegne stegne stegnusmo stegnuste stegnuše
Conditional I stégnuo/stȇgao bih2 stégnuo/stȇgao bi2 stégnuo/stȇgao bi2 stegnuli/stegli bismo2 stegnuli/stegli biste2 stegnuli/stegli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȉo bi stégnuo/stȇgao2 bȉo bi stégnuo/stȇgao2 bíli bismo stegnuli/stegli2 bíli biste stegnuli/stegli2 bíli bi stegnuli/stegli2
Imperative — stegni — stegnimo stegnite —
Active past participle stégnuo/stȇgao m / stegnula/stegla f / stegnulo/steglo n stegnuli/stegli m / stegnule/stegle f / stegnula/stegla n
Passive past participle stegnut m / stegnuta f / stegnuto n stegnuti m / stegnute f / stegnuta 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

  • “stegnuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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