brusiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brusiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brǔːsiti/
Hyphenation: bru‧si‧ti

Verb

brúsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling бру́сити)

(transitive) to whet, sharpen (blade of something)
(transitive) to glaze, polish (surface of something, such as parquet)

Conjugation

Conjugation of brusiti

Infinitive: brusiti		Present verbal adverb: brúsēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: brúšēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brusim	brusiš	brusi	brusimo	brusite	bruse
Future	Future I	brusit ću¹ brusiću	brusit ćeš¹ brusićeš	brusit će¹ brusiće	brusit ćemo¹ brusićemo	brusit ćete¹ brusićete	brusit će¹ brusiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm brusio²	bȕdēš brusio²	bȕdē brusio²	bȕdēmo brusili²	bȕdēte brusili²	bȕdū brusili²
Past	Perfect	brusio sam²	brusio si²	brusio je²	brusili smo²	brusili ste²	brusili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam brusio²	bȉo si brusio²	bȉo je brusio²	bíli smo brusili²	bíli ste brusili²	bíli su brusili²
	Imperfect	brušah	brušaše	brušaše	brušasmo	brušaste	brušahu
Conditional I		brusio bih²	brusio bi²	brusio bi²	brusili bismo²	brusili biste²	brusili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih brusio²	bȉo bi brusio²	bȉo bi brusio²	bíli bismo brusili²	bíli biste brusili²	bíli bi brusili²
Imperative		—	brusi	—	brusimo	brusite	—
Active past participle		brusio m / brusila f / brusilo n			brusili m / brusile f / brusila n
Passive past participle		brušen m / brušena f / brušeno n			brušeni m / brušene f / brušena 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.

References

“brusiti” in Hrvatski jezični portal