махнути

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎːxnuti/
• Hyphenation: мах‧ну‧ти

Verb

ма́хнути pf (Latin spelling máhnuti)

1. (intransitive, with dative) to wave (with arm, tail, wing etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of махнути

Infinitive: махнути		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ма́хнӯвши		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		махнем	махнеш	махне	махнемо	махнете	махну
Future	Future I	махнут ћу1 махнућу	махнут ћеш1 махнућеш	махнут ће1 махнуће	махнут ћемо1 махнућемо	махнут ћете1 махнућете	махнут ће1 махнуће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м махнуо2	бу̏де̄ш махнуо2	бу̏де̄ махнуо2	бу̏де̄мо махнули2	бу̏де̄те махнули2	бу̏дӯ махнули2
Past	Perfect	махнуо сам2	махнуо си2	махнуо је2	махнули смо2	махнули сте2	махнули су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам махнуо2	би̏о си махнуо2	би̏о је махнуо2	би́ли смо махнули2	би́ли сте махнули2	би́ли су махнули2
	Aorist	махнух	махну	махну	махнусмо	махнусте	махнуше
Conditional I		махнуо бих2	махнуо би2	махнуо би2	махнули бисмо2	махнули бисте2	махнули би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих махнуо2	би̏о би махнуо2	би̏о би махнуо2	би́ли бисмо махнули2	би́ли бисте махнули2	би́ли би махнули2
Imperative		—	махни	—	махнимо	махните	—
Active past participle		махнуо m / махнула f / махнуло n			махнули m / махнуле f / махнула 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

• ма́хати impf

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxnǫti. By surface analysis, маха́ти (maxáty) +‎ -ну́ти (-núty). Compare Russian махну́ть (maxnútʹ), Belarusian махну́ць (maxnúcʹ), Polish machnąć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐxˈnute]

• Audio:

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Verb

махну́ти • (maxnúty) pf (imperfective маха́ти) (intransitive, with instrumental case)

1. to flap
2. to wave

   Вона́ махну́ла руко́ю. ― Voná maxnúla rukóju. ― She waved her hand.

3. to brandish
4. (figuratively, colloquial, rare) to dash off (to write quickly or informally)

Conjugation

Conjugation of махну́ти, махну́ть (class 3b, perfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	махну́ти, махну́ть maxnúty, maxnútʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	махну́вши maxnúvšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	махну́ maxnú
2nd singular ти	—	махне́ш maxnéš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	махне́ maxné
1st plural ми	—	махне́м, махнемо́ maxném, maxnemó
2nd plural ви	—	махнете́ maxneté
3rd plural вони	—	махну́ть maxnútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	махні́м, махні́мо maxním, maxnímo
second-person	махни́ maxný	махні́ть maxnítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	махну́в maxnúv	махну́ли maxnúly
feminine я / ти / вона	махну́ла maxnúla
neuter воно	махну́ло maxnúlo

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “махнути”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “махнути”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “махнути”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “махнути”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “махнути”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “махнути”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “махнути”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)