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)

(transitive) to pluck, pull (something out of something else)
(transitive) to pluck (feathers)
(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	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

References

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