krčiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrčiti. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kř̩ːt͡ʃiti/
• Hyphenation: kr‧či‧ti

Verb

kŕčiti impf (Cyrillic spelling кр́чити)

1. (transitive) to clear, clear away (forest, path, land)

Conjugation

Conjugation of krčiti

Infinitive: krčiti		Present verbal adverb: kŕčēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: kŕčēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		krčim	krčiš	krči	krčimo	krčite	krče
Future	Future I	krčit ću1 krčiću	krčit ćeš1 krčićeš	krčit će1 krčiće	krčit ćemo1 krčićemo	krčit ćete1 krčićete	krčit će1 krčiće
	Future II	bȕdēm krčio2	bȕdēš krčio2	bȕdē krčio2	bȕdēmo krčili2	bȕdēte krčili2	bȕdū krčili2
Past	Perfect	krčio sam2	krčio si2	krčio je2	krčili smo2	krčili ste2	krčili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam krčio2	bȉo si krčio2	bȉo je krčio2	bíli smo krčili2	bíli ste krčili2	bíli su krčili2
	Imperfect	krčah	krčaše	krčaše	krčasmo	krčaste	krčahu
Conditional I		krčio bih2	krčio bi2	krčio bi2	krčili bismo2	krčili biste2	krčili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih krčio2	bȉo bi krčio2	bȉo bi krčio2	bíli bismo krčili2	bíli biste krčili2	bíli bi krčili2
Imperative		—	krči	—	krčimo	krčite	—
Active past participle		krčio m / krčila f / krčilo n			krčili m / krčile f / krčila n
Passive past participle		krčen m / krčena f / krčeno n			krčeni m / krčene f / krčena 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

• iskŕčiti
• prokr̀čiti
• ràskrčiti
• zakŕčiti

Further reading

• “кр́чити”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2024