boriti

Ido

Verb

boriti

1. plural nominal past passive participle of borar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *boriti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǒriti/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ri‧ti

Verb

bòriti impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀рити)

1. (reflexive) to fight, struggle
2. (reflexive) to compete

Conjugation

Conjugation of boriti

infinitive		boriti
present verbal adverb		bòrēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		bòrēnje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		borim	boriš	bori	borimo	borite	bore
future	future I	borit ću1 boriću	borit ćeš1 borićeš	borit će1 boriće	borit ćemo1 borićemo	borit ćete1 borićete	borit ćē1 boriće
	future II	bȕdēm borio2	bȕdēš borio2	bȕdē borio2	bȕdēmo borili2	bȕdēte borili2	bȕdū borili2
past	perfect	borio sam2	borio si2	borio je2	borili smo2	borili ste2	borili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam borio2	bȉo si borio2	bȉo je borio2	bíli smo borili2	bíli ste borili2	bíli su borili2
	imperfect	borah	boraše	boraše	borasmo	boraste	borahu
conditional	conditional I	borio bih2	borio bi2	borio bi2	borili bismo2	borili biste2	borili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih borio2	bȉo bi borio2	bȉo bi borio2	bíli bismo borili2	bíli biste borili2	bíli bi borili2
imperative		—	bori	—	borimo	borite	—
active past participle		borio m / borila f / borilo n			borili m / borile f / borila 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

• izbòriti
• borba
• borac

References

• “boriti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *boriti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔrìːti/, /bɔríːti/

Verb

borīti impf

1. (reflexive, intransitive) to fight, struggle
   • 2019 [1939], Alexander S. Neill, translated by Aleksander Jakopič, Problematični učitelj, Ljubljana, →ISBN, page 4:

     To se je zgodilo, ker so ljudje, ki verjamejo v to, za kar se borijo, boljši v vseh pogledih od mož, ki čutijo, da se v prvi vrsti borijo za to, da zadržijo »pljuni in spoliraj« režim.

     Thiis happened because those people that believe in what they are fighting for better in every aspect from men which feel that they are primarily fighting so that they retain the »spit and polish« regime.

2. (reflexive, intransitive) to compete

   Synonym: tekmováti

   Za prvo mesto se bori tudi tekmovalec iz našega kraja. ― A competitor from our hometown is competing for the first place.

3. (reflexive, intransitive, rare) to struggle to resist^[→SSKJ]
4. (reflexive, intransitive, rare) to drink^[→SSKJ]

Conjugation

Class IV, accentual type III (accent is directly before the endings), imperfective

Infinitive borīti (i-ti)

Long infinitive (usually only written, except in very formal contexts)		borīti
Short infinitive (in spoken formal language, colloquial)		borȉt, borīt
Supine		borȋt
l-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	borȋł	boríla	borȋlo
dual	borȋla	borȋli	borȋli
plural	borȋli	borȋle	borȋla
n-/t-participle (passive participle)
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	borjȅn	borjéna	borjéno
dual	borjéna	borjéni	borjéni
plural	borjéni	borjéne	borjéna
š-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	–	–	–
dual	–	–	–
plural	–	–	–
adverbial š-participle		–
True gerund		borjénje
Objectified gerund		borjénje

Present stem borím (i-m)

Present indicative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	borím	boríva, boríma	borímo
2nd person	boríš	boríta, borísta	boríte, boríste
3rd person	borí	boríta, borísta	boríjo, borẹ́
Imperative
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	bóri	borȋva, borȋma	borȋmo
2nd person	bóri	borȋta	borȋte
3rd person	bóri	borȋta	–
č-participle
	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	borȅč	borẹ́ča	borẹ́če
dual	borẹ́ča	borẹ́či	borẹ́či
plural	borẹ́či	borẹ́če	borẹ́ča
adverbial participles
č-participle		borȅč
e-participle		–

Derived terms

• bọ̑rba
• bọ̑rbən
• bọ̑rəc
• bọ̑rka
• izborīti
• oborīti
• preborīti

Further reading

• “boriti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “boriti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese barrote.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

boriti class V (plural maboriti class VI)

1. (nautical) beam (transverse member of a ship's frame)