niknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nići (alternative infinitive)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *niknǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nîknuti/
• Hyphenation: ni‧knu‧ti

Verb

nȉknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling ни̏кнути)

1. (intransitive) to sprout, shoot up
2. (intransitive) to spring up, crop up
3. (intransitive) to appear, emerge, arise

Conjugation

Conjugation of niknuti

Infinitive: niknuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: nȉknūvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		niknem	nikneš	nikne	niknemo	niknete	niknu
Future	Future I	nići ću	nići ćeš	nići će	nići ćemo	nići ćete	nići će
	Future II	bȕdēm nikao2	bȕdēš nikao2	bȕdē nikao2	bȕdēmo nikli2	bȕdēte nikli2	bȕdū nikli2
Past	Perfect	nikao sam2	nikao si2	nikao je2	nikli smo2	nikli ste2	nikli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam nikao2	bȉo si nikao2	bȉo je nikao2	bíli smo nikli2	bíli ste nikli2	bíli su nikli2
	Aorist	nikoh	niče	niče	nikosmo	nikoste	nikoše
Conditional I		nikao bih2	nikao bi2	nikao bi2	nikli bismo2	nikli biste2	nikli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih nikao2	bȉo bi nikao2	bȉo bi nikao2	bíli bismo nikli2	bíli biste nikli2	bíli bi nikli2
Imperative		—	nikni	—	niknimo	niknite	—
Active past participle		nikao m / nikla f / niklo n			nikli m / nikle f / nikla n
Passive past participle		niknut m / niknuta f / niknuto n			niknuti m / niknute f / niknuta 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.

Related terms

• nȉcati impf