bljeskati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From blijȇsak +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʎêskati/
  • Hyphenation: blje‧ska‧ti

Verb

bljȅskati impf (Cyrillic spelling бље̏скати)

  1. (intransitive, reflexive) to flash, glitter

Conjugation

Conjugation of bljeskati
infinitive bljeskati
present verbal adverb bljȅskajūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun bljȅskānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present bljeskam bljeskaš bljeska bljeskamo bljeskate bljeskaju
future future I bljeskat ću1
bljeskaću
bljeskat ćeš1
bljeskaćeš
bljeskat će1
bljeskaće
bljeskat ćemo1
bljeskaćemo
bljeskat ćete1
bljeskaćete
bljeskat ćē1
bljeskaće
future II bȕdēm bljeskao2 bȕdēš bljeskao2 bȕdē bljeskao2 bȕdēmo bljeskali2 bȕdēte bljeskali2 bȕdū bljeskali2
past perfect bljeskao sam2 bljeskao si2 bljeskao je2 bljeskali smo2 bljeskali ste2 bljeskali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam bljeskao2 bȉo si bljeskao2 bȉo je bljeskao2 bíli smo bljeskali2 bíli ste bljeskali2 bíli su bljeskali2
imperfect bljeskah bljeskaše bljeskaše bljeskasmo bljeskaste bljeskahu
conditional conditional I bljeskao bih2 bljeskao bi2 bljeskao bi2 bljeskali bismo2 bljeskali biste2 bljeskali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih bljeskao2 bȉo bi bljeskao2 bȉo bi bljeskao2 bíli bismo bljeskali2 bíli biste bljeskali2 bíli bi bljeskali2
imperative bljeskaj bljeskajmo bljeskajte
active past participle bljeskao m / bljeskala f / bljeskalo n bljeskali m / bljeskale f / bljeskala 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

  • bljeskati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025