bojiti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

bòjati

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bǒjiti/
Hyphenation: bo‧ji‧ti

Verb edit

bòjiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀јити)

(transitive) to colour
(transitive) to dye (hair, cloth..)
(transitive) to paint (by brush)
(transitive) to distemper
(transitive) to stain (glass etc.)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bojiti

Infinitive: bojiti		Present verbal adverb: bòjēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bòjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bojim	bojiš	boji	bojimo	bojite	boje
Future	Future I	bojit ću¹ bojiću	bojit ćeš¹ bojićeš	bojit će¹ bojiće	bojit ćemo¹ bojićemo	bojit ćete¹ bojićete	bojit će¹ bojiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bojio²	bȕdēš bojio²	bȕdē bojio²	bȕdēmo bojili²	bȕdēte bojili²	bȕdū bojili²
Past	Perfect	bojio sam²	bojio si²	bojio je²	bojili smo²	bojili ste²	bojili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bojio²	bȉo si bojio²	bȉo je bojio²	bíli smo bojili²	bíli ste bojili²	bíli su bojili²
	Imperfect	bojah	bojaše	bojaše	bojasmo	bojaste	bojahu
Conditional I		bojio bih²	bojio bi²	bojio bi²	bojili bismo²	bojili biste²	bojili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bojio²	bȉo bi bojio²	bȉo bi bojio²	bíli bismo bojili²	bíli biste bojili²	bíli bi bojili²
Imperative		—	boji	—	bojimo	bojite	—
Active past participle		bojio m / bojila f / bojilo n			bojili m / bojile f / bojila n
Passive past participle		bojen m / bojena f / bojeno n			bojeni m / bojene f / bojena 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 edit

obòjiti