mreti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

mrijȇti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *merti, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mrêːti/
Hyphenation: mre‧ti

Verb

mrȇti impf (Cyrillic spelling мре̑ти)

(intransitive) to die (by natural or violent death)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mreti

Infinitive: mreti		Present verbal adverb: mrȗći		Past verbal adverb: mrevši		Verbal noun: mrenje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		mrem	mreš	mre	mremo	mrete	mru
Future	Future I	mret ću¹ mreću	mret ćeš¹ mrećeš	mret će¹ mreće	mret ćemo¹ mrećemo	mret ćete¹ mrećete	mret će¹ mreće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm mro²	bȕdēš mro²	bȕdē mro²	bȕdēmo mrli²	bȕdēte mrli²	bȕdū mrli²
Past	Perfect	mro sam²	mro si²	mro je²	mrli smo²	mrli ste²	mrli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam mro²	bȉo si mro²	bȉo je mro²	bíli smo mrli²	bíli ste mrli²	bíli su mrli²
	Imperfect	mrah	mraše	mraše	mrasmo	mraste	mrahu
Conditional I		mro bih²	mro bi²	mro bi²	mrli bismo²	mrli biste²	mrli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih mro²	bȉo bi mro²	bȉo bi mro²	bíli bismo mrli²	bíli biste mrli²	bíli bi mrli²
Imperative		—	mri	—	mrimo	mrite	—
Active past participle		mro m / mrla f / mrlo n			mrli m / mrle f / mrla 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

Related terms

mr̀tav

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *merti, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mrèːti/

Verb

mrẹ́ti impf

(formal) to die
Synonym: umirati

Inflection

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c)
infinitive	mrẹ́ti
1st singular	mrȅm, mŕjem
infinitive	mrẹ́ti		mret
supine	mrẹ̑t
verbal noun	mŕtje
	participle		converb
present	mrọ̄č, mrjọ̄č		—
past	—		—
l-participle	masculine	feminine		neuter
singular	mȓł	mŕla		mȓlo
dual	mȓla	mȓli		mȓli
plural	mȓli	mȓle		mȓla
	present		imperative
1st singular	mrȅm, mŕjem		—
2nd singular	mrȅš, mŕješ		mrȉ, mŕji
3rd singular	mrȅ, mŕje		—
1st dual	mréva, mŕjeva		mrȋva, mŕjiva
2nd dual	mréta, mŕjeta		mrȋta, mŕjita
3rd dual	mréta, mŕjeta		—
1st plural	mrémo, mŕjemo		mrȋmo, mŕjimo
2nd plural	mréte, mŕjete		mrȋte, mŕjite
3rd plural	mréjo, mŕjejo		—

Derived terms