štititi

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščititi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtîtiti/
  • Hyphenation: šti‧ti‧ti

Verb

štȉtiti impf (Cyrillic spelling шти̏тити)

  1. (transitive) to protect
  2. (transitive) to shield
  3. (transitive) to defend, guard

Conjugation

Conjugation of štititi
Infinitive: štititi Present verbal adverb: štȉtēćī Past verbal adverb: — Verbal noun: štȉćēnje
Number Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Verbal forms ja ti on / ona / ono mi vi oni / one / ona
Present štitim štitiš štiti štitimo štitite štite
Future Future I štitit ću1
štitiću 		štitit ćeš1
štitićeš 		štitit će1
štitiće 		štitit ćemo1
štitićemo 		štitit ćete1
štitićete 		štitit će1
štitiće
Future II bȕdēm štitio2 bȕdēš štitio2 bȕdē štitio2 bȕdēmo štitili2 bȕdēte štitili2 bȕdū štitili2
Past Perfect štitio sam2 štitio si2 štitio je2 štitili smo2 štitili ste2 štitili su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam štitio2 bȉo si štitio2 bȉo je štitio2 bíli smo štitili2 bíli ste štitili2 bíli su štitili2
Imperfect štićah štićaše štićaše štićasmo štićaste štićahu
Conditional I štitio bih2 štitio bi2 štitio bi2 štitili bismo2 štitili biste2 štitili bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih štitio2 bȉo bi štitio2 bȉo bi štitio2 bíli bismo štitili2 bíli biste štitili2 bíli bi štitili2
Imperative — štiti — štitimo štitite —
Active past participle štitio m / štitila f / štitilo n štitili m / štitile f / štitila n
Passive past participle štićen m / štićena f / štićeno n štićeni m / štićene f / štićena 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

References

  • “štititi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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