stignuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stignǫti. Compare stàza. Cognates include Bulgarian сти́гна (stígna) and Macedonian стига (stiga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stîɡnuti/
  • Hyphenation: sti‧gnu‧ti

Verb

stȉgnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling сти̏гнути)

  1. (intransitive) to arrive, reach (to a destination or a goal)
    Vergil a Dante stignu u treći krug Pakla.Virgil and Dante come to the third circle of Hell.
  2. (transitive) to catch up, overtake, gain on (someone who is ahead)
  3. (intransitive) have time, can, be able to (to do something one ought to do)
    Ne mogu baš sada, ali ću ti pomoći čim stignem!I can't right now, but I will help you when I can!
  4. (intransitive, by extension) to make it in time, to have time to finish or do something, to manage to do something in time
    Ne mislim da ćemo stignuti sve obaviti na vrijeme.I don't think we'll manage to do all the work in time.
  5. (intransitive, archaic) catch up with one (illness or misfortune)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stȉći / stȉgnuti
infinitive stȉći / stȉgnuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb stȉgāvši / stȉgnūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present stignem stigneš stigne stignemo stignete stignu
future future I stići ću stići ćeš stići će stići ćemo stići ćete stići ćē
future II bȕdēm stigao/stignuo2 bȕdēš stigao/stignuo2 bȕdē stigao/stignuo2 bȕdēmo stigli/stignuli2 bȕdēte stigli/stignuli2 bȕdū stigli/stignuli2
past perfect stigao/stignuo sam2 stigao/stignuo si2 stigao/stignuo je2 stigli/stignuli smo2 stigli/stignuli ste2 stigli/stignuli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam stigao/stignuo2 bȉo si stigao/stignuo2 bȉo je stigao/stignuo2 bíli smo stigli/stignuli2 bíli ste stigli/stignuli2 bíli su stigli/stignuli2
aorist stigoh / stignuh stiže / stignu stiže / stignu stigosmo / stignusmo stigoste / stignuste stigoše / stignuše
conditional conditional I stigao/stignuo bih2 stigao/stignuo bi2 stigao/stignuo bi2 stigli/stignuli bismo2 stigli/stignuli biste2 stigli/stignuli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih stigao/stignuo2 bȉo bi stigao/stignuo2 bȉo bi stigao/stignuo2 bíli bismo stigli/stignuli2 bíli biste stigli/stignuli2 bíli bi stigli/stignuli2
imperative stigni stignimo stignite
active past participle stigao/stignuo m / stigla/stignula f / stiglo/stignulo n stigli/stignuli m / stigle/stignule f / stigla/stignula n
passive past participle stignut m / stignuta f / stignuto n stignuti m / stignute f / stignuta 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.

Derived terms

Further reading

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