grepsti

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *greti.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɡrêpsti/
Hyphenation: grep‧sti

Verb edit

grȅpsti impf (Cyrillic spelling гре̏псти)

(transitive, reflexive) to scrape, scratch

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of grepsti

Infinitive: grepsti		Present verbal adverb: grèbūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: grèbēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		grebem	grebeš	grebe	grebemo	grebete	grebu
Future	Future I	grepst ću¹ grepšću	grepst ćeš¹ grepšćeš	grepst će¹ grepšće	grepst ćemo¹ grepšćemo	grepst ćete¹ grepšćete	grepst će¹ grepšće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm grebao²	bȕdēš grebao²	bȕdē grebao²	bȕdēmo grebli²	bȕdēte grebli²	bȕdū grebli²
Past	Perfect	grebao sam²	grebao si²	grebao je²	grebli smo²	grebli ste²	grebli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam grebao²	bȉo si grebao²	bȉo je grebao²	bíli smo grebli²	bíli ste grebli²	bíli su grebli²
	Imperfect	grebijah	grebijaše	grebijaše	grebijasmo	grebijaste	grebijahu
Conditional I		grebao bih²	grebao bi²	grebao bi²	grebli bismo²	grebli biste²	grebli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih grebao²	bȉo bi grebao²	bȉo bi grebao²	bíli bismo grebli²	bíli biste grebli²	bíli bi grebli²
Imperative		—	grebi	—	grebimo	grebite	—
Active past participle		grebao m / grebla f / greblo n			grebli m / greble f / grebla n
Passive past participle		greben m / grebena f / grebeno n			grebeni m / grebene f / grebena 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

Related terms edit

grèbati impf