prostrijeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pròstrēti (Ekavian)
• pròstr̄ti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prosterti, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǒstrijeːti/
• Hyphenation: pro‧stri‧je‧ti

Verb

pròstrijēti pf (Cyrillic spelling про̀стрије̄ти)

1. (transitive) to spread, lay (on the surface of something, e.g. tablecloth, bedsheet, etc.)
2. (reflexive) to stretch, extend

Conjugation

Conjugation of prostrijeti

Infinitive: prostrijeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pròstrijēvši		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		prostrem	prostreš	prostre	prostremo	prostrete	prostru
Future	Future I	prostrijet ću1 prostrijeću	prostrijet ćeš1 prostrijećeš	prostrijet će1 prostrijeće	prostrijet ćemo1 prostrijećemo	prostrijet ćete1 prostrijećete	prostrijet će1 prostrijeće
	Future II	bȕdēm prostro2	bȕdēš prostro2	bȕdē prostro2	bȕdēmo prostrli2	bȕdēte prostrli2	bȕdū prostrli2
Past	Perfect	prostro sam2	prostro si2	prostro je2	prostrli smo2	prostrli ste2	prostrli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prostro2	bȉo si prostro2	bȉo je prostro2	bíli smo prostrli2	bíli ste prostrli2	bíli su prostrli2
	Aorist	prostrijeh	prostre	prostre	prostrijesmo	prostrijeste	prostriješe
Conditional I		prostro bih2	prostro bi2	prostro bi2	prostrli bismo2	prostrli biste2	prostrli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prostro2	bȉo bi prostro2	bȉo bi prostro2	bíli bismo prostrli2	bíli biste prostrli2	bíli bi prostrli2
Imperative		—	prostri	—	prostarimo	prostarite	—
Active past participle		prostro m / prostrla f / prostrlo n			prostrli m / prostrle f / prostrla n
Passive past participle		prostrt m / prostrta f / prostrto n			prostrti m / prostrte f / prostrta 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

• pròstirati impf

References

• “prostrijeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal