prezati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From prégnuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêzati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧za‧ti

Verb

prȅzati impf (Cyrillic spelling пре̏зати)

1. (intransitive, language of literature) to shrink from, flinch (out of fear)
2. (intransitive, language of literature) to stop at nothing, go any length

Conjugation

Conjugation of prezati

Infinitive: prezati		Present verbal adverb: prȅzajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prȅzānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prezam	prezaš	preza	prezamo	prezate	prezaju
Future	Future I	prezat ću1 prezaću	prezat ćeš1 prezaćeš	prezat će1 prezaće	prezat ćemo1 prezaćemo	prezat ćete1 prezaćete	prezat će1 prezaće
	Future II	bȕdēm prezao2	bȕdēš prezao2	bȕdē prezao2	bȕdēmo prezali2	bȕdēte prezali2	bȕdū prezali2
Past	Perfect	prezao sam2	prezao si2	prezao je2	prezali smo2	prezali ste2	prezali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prezao2	bȉo si prezao2	bȉo je prezao2	bíli smo prezali2	bíli ste prezali2	bíli su prezali2
	Imperfect	prezah	prezaše	prezaše	prezasmo	prezaste	prezahu
Conditional I		prezao bih2	prezao bi2	prezao bi2	prezali bismo2	prezali biste2	prezali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prezao2	bȉo bi prezao2	bȉo bi prezao2	bíli bismo prezali2	bíli biste prezali2	bíli bi prezali2
Imperative		—	prezaj	—	prezajmo	prezajte	—
Active past participle		prezao m / prezala f / prezalo n			prezali m / prezale f / prezala 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.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *pręgti (Russian запряга́ть (zaprjagátʹ), Polish szprąg). Compare prégnuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prěːzati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧za‧ti

Verb

prézati impf (Cyrillic spelling пре́зати)

1. (transitive) to harness, put into harness (of a horse)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prezati

Infinitive: prezati		Present verbal adverb: préžūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: prézānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prežem	prežeš	preže	prežemo	prežete	prežu
Future	Future I	prezat ću1 prezaću	prezat ćeš1 prezaćeš	prezat će1 prezaće	prezat ćemo1 prezaćemo	prezat ćete1 prezaćete	prezat će1 prezaće
	Future II	bȕdēm prezao2	bȕdēš prezao2	bȕdē prezao2	bȕdēmo prezali2	bȕdēte prezali2	bȕdū prezali2
Past	Perfect	prezao sam2	prezao si2	prezao je2	prezali smo2	prezali ste2	prezali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prezao2	bȉo si prezao2	bȉo je prezao2	bíli smo prezali2	bíli ste prezali2	bíli su prezali2
	Imperfect	prezah	prezaše	prezaše	prezasmo	prezaste	prezahu
Conditional I		prezao bih2	prezao bi2	prezao bi2	prezali bismo2	prezali biste2	prezali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prezao2	bȉo bi prezao2	bȉo bi prezao2	bíli bismo prezali2	bíli biste prezali2	bíli bi prezali2
Imperative		—	preži	—	prežimo	prežite	—
Active past participle		prezao m / prezala f / prezalo n			prezali m / prezale f / prezala 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

• “prezati” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• “prezati” in Hrvatski jezični portal