igrati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьgrati. Cognate to Russian игра́ть (igrátʹ) and Czech hrát and Polish igrać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îɡrati/
• Hyphenation: i‧gra‧ti

Verb

ȉgrati impf (Cyrillic spelling и̏грати)

1. (intransitive) to play (game, sports etc.)
2. (intransitive) to act, enact
3. (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, transitive, intransitive) to dance

   Synonym: plesati (Croatia)

4. (reflexive) to amuse oneself, toy with, play with

Conjugation

Conjugation of igrati

Infinitive: igrati		Present verbal adverb: ȉgrajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ȉgrānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		igram	igraš	igra	igramo	igrate	igraju
Future	Future I	igrat ću1 igraću	igrat ćeš1 igraćeš	igrat će1 igraće	igrat ćemo1 igraćemo	igrat ćete1 igraćete	igrat će1 igraće
	Future II	bȕdēm igrao2	bȕdēš igrao2	bȕdē igrao2	bȕdēmo igrali2	bȕdēte igrali2	bȕdū igrali2
Past	Perfect	igrao sam2	igrao si2	igrao je2	igrali smo2	igrali ste2	igrali su2
	Pluperfect3	bio sam igrao2	bio si igrao2	bio je igrao2	bili smo igrali2	bili ste igrali2	bili su igrali2
	Imperfect	igrah	igraše	igraše	igrasmo	igraste	igrahu
Conditional I		igrao bih2	igrao bi2	igrao bi2	igrali bismo2	igrali biste2	igrali bi2
Conditional II4		bio bih igrao2	bio bi igrao2	bio bi igrao2	bili bismo igrali2	bili biste igrali2	bili bi igrali2
Imperative		—	igraj	—	igrajmo	igrajte	—
Active past participle		igrao m / igrala f / igralo n			igrali m / igrale f / igrala 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 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

• doìgrati
• igrač
• ìzigrati
• nàdigrati
• òbigrati
• òdigrati

• pòigrati
• pròigrati
• razìgrati
• ùigrati
• zàigrati

Related terms

• igra
• igralište
• zàigrān
• rȁzigrān

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьgrati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡràːti/
• Hyphenation: i‧grá‧ti

Verb

igráti impf

1. to play (of games or instruments)
2. to act (in a play)

Inflection

-ati -am (AP b)
infinitive	igráti
1st singular	igrȃm
infinitive	igráti			igrȁt
supine	igrȁt
verbal noun	igrȃnje
	participle			converb
present	igrajọ̄č			igrȃje
past	igrán			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	igrȁł		igrȃla		igrálo
dual	igrála		igráli		igráli
plural	igráli		igrále		igrála
	present			imperative
1st singular	igrȃm			—
2nd singular	igrȃš			igrȁj
3rd singular	igrȃ			—
1st dual	igrȃva			igrȃjva
2nd dual	igrȃta			igrȃjta
3rd dual	igrȃta			—
1st plural	igrȃmo			igrȃjmo
2nd plural	igrȃte			igrȃjte
3rd plural	igrȃjo			—

Derived terms

• izigráti
• preigráti
• priigráti
• razigráti
• zaigráti

Further reading

• “igrati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran