baciti

See also: bačiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From older bačiti, from Proto-Slavic *bačiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎːt͡siti/
• Hyphenation: ba‧ci‧ti

Verb

báciti pf (Cyrillic spelling ба́цити, imperfective bàcati)

1. (transitive) to throw, cast

   baciti kocku ― to cast a die

   Baci mi loptu! ― Throw me the ball!

2. (transitive) to throw out, discard, dispose

   baciti smeće/đubre ― to throw out the trash

3. (transitive, sports) to throw (spear, discus etc.)

   baciti koplje ― to throw the javelin

4. idiomatic and figurative senses that refer to throwing, literally or figuratively

   baciti u vodu ― to discard, waste (literally, “throw in the water”)

   nije za baciti ― nothing to sneeze at (literally, “not to be thrown away”)

   baciti ulje na vatru ― to add fuel to the fire (literally, “throw oil to the fire”)

   baciti se na učenje ― to hit the books (literally, “throw oneself at studying”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of baciti

Infinitive: baciti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: bácīvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bacim	baciš	baci	bacimo	bacite	bace
Future	Future I	bacit ću1 baciću	bacit ćeš1 bacićeš	bacit će1 baciće	bacit ćemo1 bacićemo	bacit ćete1 bacićete	bacit će1 baciće
	Future II	bȕdēm bacio2	bȕdēš bacio2	bȕdē bacio2	bȕdēmo bacili2	bȕdēte bacili2	bȕdū bacili2
Past	Perfect	bacio sam2	bacio si2	bacio je2	bacili smo2	bacili ste2	bacili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bacio2	bȉo si bacio2	bȉo je bacio2	bíli smo bacili2	bíli ste bacili2	bíli su bacili2
	Aorist	bacih	baci	baci	bacismo	baciste	baciše
Conditional I		bacio bih2	bacio bi2	bacio bi2	bacili bismo2	bacili biste2	bacili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bacio2	bȉo bi bacio2	bȉo bi bacio2	bíli bismo bacili2	bíli biste bacili2	bíli bi bacili2
Imperative		—	baci	—	bacimo	bacite	—
Active past participle		bacio m / bacila f / bacilo n			bacili m / bacile f / bacila n
Passive past participle		bačen m / bačena f / bačeno n			bačeni m / bačene f / bačena 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

• dobáciti
• izbáciti
• nabáciti
• odbáciti
• podbáciti
• prebáciti
• predbáciti
• ubáciti
• uzbáciti
• zabáciti
• zbáciti
• báciti kȍsku

Further reading

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