preorati

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From pre- +‎ orati.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /preǒrati/
Hyphenation: pre‧o‧ra‧ti

Verb edit

preòrati pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀рати)

(transitive) to plough anew/afresh, re-plough
(transitive, figuratively) to investigate, rummage through, comb (search thoroughly)
(transitive, figuratively) to heavily alter or modify

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of preorati

Infinitive: preorati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: preòrāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		preoram	preoraš	preora	preoramo	preorate	preoraju
Future	Future I	preorat ću¹ preoraću	preorat ćeš¹ preoraćeš	preorat će¹ preoraće	preorat ćemo¹ preoraćemo	preorat ćete¹ preoraćete	preorat će¹ preoraće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm preorao²	bȕdēš preorao²	bȕdē preorao²	bȕdēmo preorali²	bȕdēte preorali²	bȕdū preorali²
Past	Perfect	preorao sam²	preorao si²	preorao je²	preorali smo²	preorali ste²	preorali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam preorao²	bȉo si preorao²	bȉo je preorao²	bíli smo preorali²	bíli ste preorali²	bíli su preorali²
	Aorist	preorah	preora	preora	preorasmo	preoraste	preoraše
Conditional I		preorao bih²	preorao bi²	preorao bi²	preorali bismo²	preorali biste²	preorali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih preorao²	bȉo bi preorao²	bȉo bi preorao²	bíli bismo preorali²	bíli biste preorali²	bíli bi preorali²
Imperative		—	preoraj	—	preorajmo	preorajte	—
Active past participle		preorao m / preorala f / preoralo n			preorali m / preorale f / preorala n
Passive past participle		preoran m / preorana f / preorano n			preorani m / preorane f / preorana 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.

Related terms edit

preorávati impf

References edit

“preorati” in Hrvatski jezični portal