zijati

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zijati (Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ)). Compare zijevati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zǐːjati/
  • Hyphenation: zi‧ja‧ti

Verb

zíjati impf (Cyrillic spelling зи́јати)

  1. (intransitive) to stare, gape
  2. (intransitive) to yawn, gape
  3. (intransitive) to shout, yell

Conjugation

Conjugation of zijati
infinitive zijati
present verbal adverb zíjajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun zíjānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present zijam zijaš zija zijamo zijate zijaju
future future I zijat ću1
zijaću
zijat ćeš1
zijaćeš
zijat će1
zijaće
zijat ćemo1
zijaćemo
zijat ćete1
zijaćete
zijat ćē1
zijaće
future II bȕdēm zijao2 bȕdēš zijao2 bȕdē zijao2 bȕdēmo zijali2 bȕdēte zijali2 bȕdū zijali2
past perfect zijao sam2 zijao si2 zijao je2 zijali smo2 zijali ste2 zijali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam zijao2 bȉo si zijao2 bȉo je zijao2 bíli smo zijali2 bíli ste zijali2 bíli su zijali2
imperfect zijah zijaše zijaše zijasmo zijaste zijahu
conditional conditional I zijao bih2 zijao bi2 zijao bi2 zijali bismo2 zijali biste2 zijali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih zijao2 bȉo bi zijao2 bȉo bi zijao2 bíli bismo zijali2 bíli biste zijali2 bíli bi zijali2
imperative zijaj zijajmo zijajte
active past participle zijao m / zijala f / zijalo n zijali m / zijale f / zijala 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

  • zijati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025