забости

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From за- +‎ бости.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎbosti/
• Hyphenation: за‧бос‧ти

Verb

за̀бости pf (Latin spelling zàbosti)

1. (transitive) to stick, drive (something sharp)

Conjugation

Conjugation of забости

Infinitive: забости		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: за̀бо̄вши		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		забодем	забодеш	забоде	забодемо	забодете	забоду
Future	Future I	забост ћу1 забошћу	забост ћеш1 забошћеш	забост ће1 забошће	забост ћемо1 забошћемо	забост ћете1 забошћете	забост ће1 забошће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м забоо2	бу̏де̄ш забоо2	бу̏де̄ забоо2	бу̏де̄мо заболи2	бу̏де̄те заболи2	бу̏дӯ заболи2
Past	Perfect	забоо сам2	забоо си2	забоо је2	заболи смо2	заболи сте2	заболи су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам забоо2	би̏о си забоо2	би̏о је забоо2	би́ли смо заболи2	би́ли сте заболи2	би́ли су заболи2
	Aorist	забодох	забоде	забоде	забодосмо	забодосте	забодоше
Conditional I		забоо бих2	забоо би2	забоо би2	заболи бисмо2	заболи бисте2	заболи би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих забоо2	би̏о би забоо2	би̏о би забоо2	би́ли бисмо заболи2	би́ли бисте заболи2	би́ли би заболи2
Imperative		—	забоди	—	забодимо	забодите	—
Active past participle		забоо m / забола f / заболо n			заболи m / заболе f / забола n
Passive past participle		забоден m / забодена f / забодено n			забодени m / забодене f / забодена 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

• заба́дати impf

Further reading

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