cepkati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

cjȅpkati (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From cépati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sêpkati/
Hyphenation: cep‧ka‧ti

Verb

cȅpkati impf (Cyrillic spelling це̏пкати)

(transitive) to chop, hack, split (to small pieces)
(transitive) to fragment, break up, break down (to small pieces)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cepkati

Infinitive: cepkati		Present verbal adverb: cȅpkajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: cȅpkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		cepkam	cepkaš	cepka	cepkamo	cepkate	cepkaju
Future	Future I	cepkat ću¹ cepkaću	cepkat ćeš¹ cepkaćeš	cepkat će¹ cepkaće	cepkat ćemo¹ cepkaćemo	cepkat ćete¹ cepkaćete	cepkat će¹ cepkaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm cepkao²	bȕdēš cepkao²	bȕdē cepkao²	bȕdēmo cepkali²	bȕdēte cepkali²	bȕdū cepkali²
Past	Perfect	cepkao sam²	cepkao si²	cepkao je²	cepkali smo²	cepkali ste²	cepkali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam cepkao²	bȉo si cepkao²	bȉo je cepkao²	bíli smo cepkali²	bíli ste cepkali²	bíli su cepkali²
	Imperfect	cepkah	cepkaše	cepkaše	cepkasmo	cepkaste	cepkahu
Conditional I		cepkao bih²	cepkao bi²	cepkao bi²	cepkali bismo²	cepkali biste²	cepkali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih cepkao²	bȉo bi cepkao²	bȉo bi cepkao²	bíli bismo cepkali²	bíli biste cepkali²	bíli bi cepkali²
Imperative		—	cepkaj	—	cepkajmo	cepkajte	—
Active past participle		cepkao m / cepkala f / cepkalo n			cepkali m / cepkale f / cepkala n
Passive past participle		cepkan m / cepkana f / cepkano n			cepkani m / cepkane f / cepkana 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

cȅpnuti pf

References

“cepkati” in Hrvatski jezični portal