pregibati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ gibati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preɡǐːbati/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧gi‧ba‧ti

Verb

pregíbati impf (Cyrillic spelling преги́бати)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to bend, inflect
  2. (transitive, reflexive) to curve
  3. (transitive, reflexive) to warp
  4. (transitive, reflexive) to bow

Conjugation

Conjugation of pregibati
infinitive pregibati
present verbal adverb pregíbajūći/pregíbljūći
past verbal adverb
verbal noun pregíbānje
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present pregibam pregibaš pregiba pregibamo pregibate pregibaju
future future I pregibat ću1
pregibaću
pregibat ćeš1
pregibaćeš
pregibat će1
pregibaće
pregibat ćemo1
pregibaćemo
pregibat ćete1
pregibaćete
pregibat ćē1
pregibaće
future II bȕdēm pregibao2 bȕdēš pregibao2 bȕdē pregibao2 bȕdēmo pregibali2 bȕdēte pregibali2 bȕdū pregibali2
past perfect pregibao sam2 pregibao si2 pregibao je2 pregibali smo2 pregibali ste2 pregibali su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam pregibao2 bȉo si pregibao2 bȉo je pregibao2 bíli smo pregibali2 bíli ste pregibali2 bíli su pregibali2
imperfect pregibah pregibaše pregibaše pregibasmo pregibaste pregibahu
conditional conditional I pregibao bih2 pregibao bi2 pregibao bi2 pregibali bismo2 pregibali biste2 pregibali bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih pregibao2 bȉo bi pregibao2 bȉo bi pregibao2 bíli bismo pregibali2 bíli biste pregibali2 bíli bi pregibali2
imperative pregibaj pregibajmo pregibajte
active past participle pregibao m / pregibala f / pregibalo n pregibali m / pregibale f / pregibala n
passive past participle pregiban m / pregibana f / pregibano n pregibani m / pregibane f / pregibana 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

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