zreti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (Russian зреть (zretʹ), Czech zralý).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zrêti/
  • Hyphenation: zre‧ti

Verb

zrȅti impf (Cyrillic spelling зре̏ти)

  1. (intrensitive) to ripen
  2. (intrensitive) to mature
Conjugation
Conjugation of zreti
Infinitive: zreti Present verbal adverb: zrȉjūći / zrúći / zréći Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: zrénje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present zrem / zrim zreš / zriš zre / zri zremo / zrimo zrete / zrite zreu / zre
Future Future I zret ću1
zreću 		zret ćeš1
zrećeš 		zret će1
zreće 		zret ćemo1
zrećemo 		zret ćete1
zrećete 		zret će1
zreće
Future II bȕdēm zrio / zreo2 bȕdēš zrio / zreo2 bȕdē zrio / zreo2 bȕdēmo zrili / zreli2 bȕdēte zrili / zreli2 bȕdū zrili / zreli2
Past Perfect zrio / zreo sam2 zrio / zreo si2 zrio / zreo je2 zrili / zreli smo2 zrili / zreli ste2 zrili / zreli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zrio / zreo2 bȉo si zrio / zreo2 bȉo je zrio / zreo2 bíli smo zrili / zreli2 bíli ste zrili / zreli2 bíli su zrili / zreli2
Aorist zreh zre zre zresmo zreste zreše
Imperfect zrah zraše zraše zrasmo zraste zrahu
Conditional I zrio / zreo bih2 zrio / zreo bi2 zrio / zreo bi2 zrili / zreli bismo2 zrili / zreli biste2 zrili / zreli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zrio / zreo2 bȉo bi zrio / zreo2 bȉo bi zrio / zreo2 bíli bismo zrili / zreli2 bíli biste zrili / zreli2 bíli bi zrili / zreli2
Imperative — zri — zrimo zrite —
Active past participle zrio / zreo m / zrila / zrela f / zrilo / zrelo n zrili / zreli m / zrile / zrele f / zrila / zrela 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.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (Russian зреть (zretʹ), Polish źrzeć). Compare Lithuanian žėrėti (“to twinkle”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zrěːti/
  • Hyphenation: zre‧ti

Verb

zréti impf (Cyrillic spelling зре́ти)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) to watch, observe
Conjugation
Conjugation of zreti
Infinitive: zreti Present verbal adverb: zrúći / zréći Past verbal adverb: zrȇvši Verbal noun: zrénje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present zrȇm / zrȋm zreš / zriš zre / zri zremo / zrimo zrete / zrite zru / zre
Future Future I zret ću1
zreću 		zret ćeš1
zrećeš 		zret će1
zreće 		zret ćemo1
zrećemo 		zret ćete1
zrećete 		zret će1
zreće
Future II bȕdēm zrio / zreo2 bȕdēš zrio / zreo2 bȕdē zrio / zreo2 bȕdēmo zrili / zreli2 bȕdēte zrili / zreli2 bȕdū zrili / zreli2
Past Perfect zrio / zreo sam2 zrio / zreo si2 zrio / zreo je2 zrili / zreli smo2 zrili / zreli ste2 zrili / zreli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam zrio / zreo2 bȉo si zrio / zreo2 bȉo je zrio / zreo2 bíli smo zrili / zreli2 bíli ste zrili / zreli2 bíli su zrili / zreli2
Aorist zreh zre zre zresmo zreste zreše
Imperfect zrah zraše zraše zrasmo zraste zrahu
Conditional I zrio / zreo bih2 zrio / zreo bi2 zrio / zreo bi2 zrili / zreli bismo2 zrili / zreli biste2 zrili / zreli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih zrio / zreo2 bȉo bi zrio / zreo2 bȉo bi zrio / zreo2 bíli bismo zrili / zreli2 bíli biste zrili / zreli2 bíli bi zrili / zreli2
Imperative — zrej — zremo zrete —
Active past participle zrio / zreo m / zrila / zrela f / zrilo / zrelo n zrili / zreli m / zrile / zrele f / zrila / zrela 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

  • “zreti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “zreti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • “zreti”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 2, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 333
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