prsnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

According to Matasovic, generalized in meaning from prskati (to splash, sprinkle, squirt). Similar sense development could be found in Proto-Celtic *madyeti (to break, burst).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pr̂snuti/
  • Hyphenation: prs‧nu‧ti

Verb

pȑsnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling пр̏снути)

  1. (intransitive) to blow up, explode
  2. (intransitive) to crack, snap, split, break, burst

Conjugation

Conjugation of prsnuti
infinitive prsnuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb pȑsnūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prsnem prsneš prsne prsnemo prsnete prsnu
future future I prsnut ću1
prsnuću
prsnut ćeš1
prsnućeš
prsnut će1
prsnuće
prsnut ćemo1
prsnućemo
prsnut ćete1
prsnućete
prsnut ćē1
prsnuće
future II bȕdēm prsnuo2 bȕdēš prsnuo2 bȕdē prsnuo2 bȕdēmo prsnuli2 bȕdēte prsnuli2 bȕdū prsnuli2
past perfect prsnuo sam2 prsnuo si2 prsnuo je2 prsnuli smo2 prsnuli ste2 prsnuli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prsnuo2 bȉo si prsnuo2 bȉo je prsnuo2 bíli smo prsnuli2 bíli ste prsnuli2 bíli su prsnuli2
aorist prsnuh prsnu prsnu prsnusmo prsnuste prsnuše
conditional conditional I prsnuo bih2 prsnuo bi2 prsnuo bi2 prsnuli bismo2 prsnuli biste2 prsnuli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prsnuo2 bȉo bi prsnuo2 bȉo bi prsnuo2 bíli bismo prsnuli2 bíli biste prsnuli2 bíli bi prsnuli2
imperative prsni prsnimo prsnite
active past participle prsnuo m / prsnula f / prsnulo n prsnuli m / prsnule f / prsnula n
passive past participle prsnut m / prsnuta f / prsnuto n prsnuti m / prsnute f / prsnuta 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.

Derived terms

  • nàprsnuti
  • ràsprsnuti

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mad-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-52