čupati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьlpti (Ukrainian човпти́ (čovptý)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔpati/
• Hyphenation: ču‧pa‧ti

Verb

čùpati impf (Cyrillic spelling чу̀пати)

1. (transitive) to pluck, pull (something out of something else)
2. (transitive) to pluck (feathers)
3. (reflexive) to scuffle, brawl

Conjugation

Conjugation of čupati

Infinitive: čupati		Present verbal adverb: čùpajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: čùpānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		čupam	čupaš	čupa	čupamo	čupate	čupaju
Future	Future I	čupat ću1 čupaću	čupat ćeš1 čupaćeš	čupat će1 čupaće	čupat ćemo1 čupaćemo	čupat ćete1 čupaćete	čupat će1 čupaće
	Future II	bȕdēm čupao2	bȕdēš čupao2	bȕdē čupao2	bȕdēmo čupali2	bȕdēte čupali2	bȕdū čupali2
Past	Perfect	čupao sam2	čupao si2	čupao je2	čupali smo2	čupali ste2	čupali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam čupao2	bȉo si čupao2	bȉo je čupao2	bíli smo čupali2	bíli ste čupali2	bíli su čupali2
	Imperfect	čupah	čupaše	čupaše	čupasmo	čupaste	čupahu
Conditional I		čupao bih2	čupao bi2	čupao bi2	čupali bismo2	čupali biste2	čupali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih čupao2	bȉo bi čupao2	bȉo bi čupao2	bíli bismo čupali2	bíli biste čupali2	bíli bi čupali2
Imperative		—	čupaj	—	čupajmo	čupajte	—
Active past participle		čupao m / čupala f / čupalo n			čupali m / čupale f / čupala n
Passive past participle		čupan m / čupana f / čupano n			čupani m / čupane f / čupana 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

• iščupati
• čupati si kosu

References

• “čupati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024