чачкати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьkati (“to stab, hit”). First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃat͡ʃkati/
Hyphenation: чач‧ка‧ти

Verb

čačkati impf (Latin spelling čačkati)

to toothpick

Conjugation

Conjugation of чачкати

Infinitive: чачкати		Present verbal adverb: чачкајући		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: чачкање
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		чачкам	чачкаш	чачка	чачкамо	чачкате	чачкају
Future	Future I	чачкат ћу¹ чачкаћу	чачкат ћеш¹ чачкаћеш	чачкат ће¹ чачкаће	чачкат ћемо¹ чачкаћемо	чачкат ћете¹ чачкаћете	чачкат ћē¹ чачкаће
Future	Future II	бу̏де̄м чачкао²	бу̏де̄ш чачкао²	бу̏де̄ чачкао²	бу̏де̄мо чачкали²	бу̏де̄те чачкали²	бу̏дӯ чачкали²
Past	Perfect	чачкао сам²	чачкао си²	чачкао је²	чачкали смо²	чачкали сте²	чачкали су²
	Pluperfect³	би̏о сам чачкао²	би̏о си чачкао²	би̏о је чачкао²	би́ли смо чачкали²	би́ли сте чачкали²	би́ли су чачкали²
	Imperfect	чачках	чачкаше	чачкаше	чачкасмо	чачкасте	чачкаху
Conditional I		чачкао бих²	чачкао би²	чачкао би²	чачкали бисмо²	чачкали бисте²	чачкали би²
Conditional II⁴		би̏о бих чачкао²	би̏о би чачкао²	би̏о би чачкао²	би́ли бисмо чачкали²	би́ли бисте чачкали²	би́ли би чачкали²
Imperative		—	чачкај	—	чачкајмо	чачкајте	—
Active past participle		чачкао m / чачкала f / чачкало n			чачкали m / чачкале f / чачкала n
Passive past participle		чачкан m / чачкана f / чачкано n			чачкани m / чачкане f / чачкана 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.

Derived terms

чачкалица

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “чачкати”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 119

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2016–2021) “чачкати”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 119

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