bistriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȉstar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǐstriti/
Hyphenation: bi‧stri‧ti

Verb

bìstriti impf (Cyrillic spelling бѝстрити)

(transitive) to clarify (make clear)
(transitive) to clear up

Conjugation

Conjugation of bistriti

Infinitive: bistriti		Present verbal adverb: bìstrēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bìstrēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bistrim	bistriš	bistri	bistrimo	bistrite	bistre
Future	Future I	bistrit ću¹ bistriću	bistrit ćeš¹ bistrićeš	bistrit će¹ bistriće	bistrit ćemo¹ bistrićemo	bistrit ćete¹ bistrićete	bistrit će¹ bistriće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bistrio²	bȕdēš bistrio²	bȕdē bistrio²	bȕdēmo bistrili²	bȕdēte bistrili²	bȕdū bistrili²
Past	Perfect	bistrio sam²	bistrio si²	bistrio je²	bistrili smo²	bistrili ste²	bistrili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bistrio²	bȉo si bistrio²	bȉo je bistrio²	bíli smo bistrili²	bíli ste bistrili²	bíli su bistrili²
	Imperfect	bistrah	bistraše	bistraše	bistrasmo	bistraste	bistrahu
Conditional I		bistrio bih²	bistrio bi²	bistrio bi²	bistrili bismo²	bistrili biste²	bistrili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bistrio²	bȉo bi bistrio²	bȉo bi bistrio²	bíli bismo bistrili²	bíli biste bistrili²	bíli bi bistrili²
Imperative		—	bistri	—	bistrimo	bistrite	—
Active past participle		bistrio m / bistrila f / bistrilo n			bistrili m / bistrile f / bistrila n
Passive past participle		bistren m / bistrena f / bistreno n			bistreni m / bistrene f / bistrena 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

razbìstriti

References

“bistriti” in Hrvatski jezični portal