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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From s- +‎ biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zbîti/
  • Hyphenation: zbi‧ti

Verb

zbȉti pf (Cyrillic spelling зби̏ти)

  1. (transitive) to crowd together, jam, pile together, round up
  2. (transitive) to compress, condense, contract
Conjugation
Conjugation of zbiti
Infinitive: zbiti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: zbȋvši 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 zbijem zbiješ zbije zbijemo zbijete zbiju
Future Future I zbit ću1
zbiću 		zbit ćeš1
zbićeš 		zbit će1
zbiće 		zbit ćemo1
zbićemo 		zbit ćete1
zbićete 		zbit će1
zbiće
Future II bȕdēm zbio2 bȕdēš zbio2 bȕdē zbio2 bȕdēmo zbili2 bȕdēte zbili2 bȕdū zbili2
Past Perfect zbio sam2 zbio si2 zbio je2 zbili smo2 zbili ste2 zbili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zbio2 bȉo si zbio2 bȉo je zbio2 bíli smo zbili2 bíli ste zbili2 bíli su zbili2
Aorist zbih zbi zbi zbismo zbiste zbiše
Conditional I zbio bih2 zbio bi2 zbio bi2 zbili bismo2 zbili biste2 zbili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zbio2 bȉo bi zbio2 bȉo bi zbio2 bíli bismo zbili2 bíli biste zbili2 bíli bi zbili2
Imperative — zbij — zbijmo zbijte —
Active past participle zbio m / zbila f / zbilo n zbili m / zbile f / zbila n
Passive past participle zbijen m / zbijena f / zbijeno n zbijeni m / zbijene f / zbijena 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.

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From z- +‎ biti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zbîti/
  • Hyphenation: zbi‧ti

Verb

zbȉti pf (Cyrillic spelling зби̏ти)

  1. (reflexive) to happen, occur
Conjugation
Conjugation of zbiti
Infinitive: zbiti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: zbívši Verbal noun: zbíće
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present zbudem zbudeš zbude zbudemo zbudete zbudu
Future Future I zbit ću1
zbiću 		zbit ćeš1
zbićeš 		zbit će1
zbiće 		zbit ćemo1
zbićemo 		zbit ćete1
zbićete 		zbit će1
zbiće
Future II bȕdēm zbio2 bȕdēš zbio2 bȕdē zbio2 bȕdēmo zbili2 bȕdēte zbili2 bȕdū zbili2
Past Perfect zbio sam2 zbio si2 zbio je2 zbili smo2 zbili ste2 zbili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zbio2 bȉo si zbio2 bȉo je zbio2 bíli smo zbili2 bíli ste zbili2 bíli su zbili2
Aorist zbih zbi zbi zbismo zbiste zbiše
Conditional I zbio bih2 zbio bi2 zbio bi2 zbili bismo2 zbili biste2 zbili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zbio2 bȉo bi zbio2 bȉo bi zbio2 bíli bismo zbili2 bíli biste zbili2 bíli bi zbili2
Imperative — zbudi — zbudimo zbudite —
Active past participle zbio m / zbila f / zbilo n zbili m / zbile f / zbila n
Passive past participle zbit m / zbita f / zbito n zbiti m / zbite f / zbita 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.

Further reading

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