brstiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Verb

brstiti impf (Cyrillic spelling брстити)

to browse, crop, graze (of ruminant animals)
(informal) to misuse, exploit

Conjugation

Conjugation of brstiti

Infinitive: brstiti		Present verbal adverb: brsteći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bršćenje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brstim	brstiš	brsti	brstimo	brstite	brste
Future	Future I	brstit ću¹ brstiću	brstit ćeš¹ brstićeš	brstit će¹ brstiće	brstit ćemo¹ brstićemo	brstit ćete¹ brstićete	brstit će¹ brstiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm brstio²	bȕdēš brstio²	bȕdē brstio²	bȕdēmo brstili²	bȕdēte brstili²	bȕdū brstili²
Past	Perfect	brstio sam²	brstio si²	brstio je²	brstili smo²	brstili ste²	brstili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam brstio²	bȉo si brstio²	bȉo je brstio²	bíli smo brstili²	bíli ste brstili²	bíli su brstili²
	Imperfect	brstih	brstiše	brstiše	brstismo	brstiste	brstahu(?)
Conditional I		brstio bih²	brstio bi²	brstio bi²	brstili bismo²	brstili biste²	brstili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih brstio²	bȉo bi brstio²	bȉo bi brstio²	bíli bismo brstili²	bíli biste brstili²	bíli bi brstili²
Imperative		—	brsti	—	brstimo	brstite	—
Active past participle		brstio m / brstila f / brstilo n			brstili m / brstile f / brstila 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.