zabosti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ bosti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎbosti/
• Hyphenation: za‧bos‧ti

Verb

zàbosti pf (Cyrillic spelling за̀бости)

1. (transitive) to stick, drive (something sharp)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zabosti

Infinitive: zabosti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zàbōvši		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		zabodem	zabodeš	zabode	zabodemo	zabodete	zabodu
Future	Future I	zabost ću1 zabošću	zabost ćeš1 zabošćeš	zabost će1 zabošće	zabost ćemo1 zabošćemo	zabost ćete1 zabošćete	zabost će1 zabošće
	Future II	bȕdēm zaboo2	bȕdēš zaboo2	bȕdē zaboo2	bȕdēmo zaboli2	bȕdēte zaboli2	bȕdū zaboli2
Past	Perfect	zaboo sam2	zaboo si2	zaboo je2	zaboli smo2	zaboli ste2	zaboli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam zaboo2	bȉo si zaboo2	bȉo je zaboo2	bíli smo zaboli2	bíli ste zaboli2	bíli su zaboli2
	Aorist	zabodoh	zabode	zabode	zabodosmo	zabodoste	zabodoše
Conditional I		zaboo bih2	zaboo bi2	zaboo bi2	zaboli bismo2	zaboli biste2	zaboli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih zaboo2	bȉo bi zaboo2	bȉo bi zaboo2	bíli bismo zaboli2	bíli biste zaboli2	bíli bi zaboli2
Imperative		—	zabodi	—	zabodimo	zabodite	—
Active past participle		zaboo m / zabola f / zabolo n			zaboli m / zabole f / zabola n
Passive past participle		zaboden m / zabodena f / zabodeno n			zabodeni m / zabodene f / zabodena 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

• zabádati impf

Further reading

• “zabosti” in Hrvatski jezični portal