štititi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščititi.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

štȉtiti impf (Cyrillic spelling шти̏тити)

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	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

zaštítiti

References

“štititi” in Hrvatski jezični portal