baktati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From bȃt (“tramp, clatter”).

Alternative forms

bàhtati

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǎktati/
Hyphenation: bak‧ta‧ti

Verb

bàktati impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ктати)

(intransitive) to tramp, tap, clatter with one's feet

Conjugation

Conjugation of *baktati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		baktati
present verbal adverb		bȁkćūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		bàktānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		bakćem	bakćeš	bakće	bakćemo	bakćete	bakću
future	future I	baktat ću¹ baktaću	baktat ćeš¹ baktaćeš	baktat će¹ baktaće	baktat ćemo¹ baktaćemo	baktat ćete¹ baktaćete	baktat ćē¹ baktaće
future	future II	bȕdēm baktao²	bȕdēš baktao²	bȕdē baktao²	bȕdēmo baktali²	bȕdēte baktali²	bȕdū baktali²
past	perfect	baktao sam²	baktao si²	baktao je²	baktali smo²	baktali ste²	baktali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam baktao²	bȉo si baktao²	bȉo je baktao²	bíli smo baktali²	bíli ste baktali²	bíli su baktali²
	imperfect	baktah	baktaše	baktaše	baktasmo	baktaste	baktahu
conditional	conditional I	baktao bih²	baktao bi²	baktao bi²	baktali bismo²	baktali biste²	baktali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih baktao²	bȉo bi baktao²	bȉo bi baktao²	bíli bismo baktali²	bíli biste baktali²	bíli bi baktali²
imperative		—	bakći	—	bakćimo	bakćite	—
active past participle		baktao m / baktala f / baktalo n			baktali m / baktale f / baktala 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.

Etymology 2

From bȃt (“tramp, clatter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǎktati/
Hyphenation: bak‧ta‧ti

Verb

bàktati impf (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ктати)

(reflexive, regional) to interfere with, handle, deal with something (with inadequacy)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *baktati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		baktati
present verbal adverb		bȁkćūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		bàktānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		bakćem	bakćeš	bakće	bakćemo	bakćete	bakću
future	future I	baktat ću¹ baktaću	baktat ćeš¹ baktaćeš	baktat će¹ baktaće	baktat ćemo¹ baktaćemo	baktat ćete¹ baktaćete	baktat ćē¹ baktaće
future	future II	bȕdēm baktao²	bȕdēš baktao²	bȕdē baktao²	bȕdēmo baktali²	bȕdēte baktali²	bȕdū baktali²
past	perfect	baktao sam²	baktao si²	baktao je²	baktali smo²	baktali ste²	baktali su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam baktao²	bȉo si baktao²	bȉo je baktao²	bíli smo baktali²	bíli ste baktali²	bíli su baktali²
	imperfect	baktah	baktaše	baktaše	baktasmo	baktaste	baktahu
conditional	conditional I	baktao bih²	baktao bi²	baktao bi²	baktali bismo²	baktali biste²	baktali bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih baktao²	bȉo bi baktao²	bȉo bi baktao²	bíli bismo baktali²	bíli biste baktali²	bíli bi baktali²
imperative		—	bakći	—	bakćimo	bakćite	—
active past participle		baktao m / baktala f / baktalo n			baktali m / baktale f / baktala 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.

References

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