beknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȇ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /běːknuti/

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Hyphenation: bek‧nu‧ti

Verb

béknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling бе́кнути)

(derogatory, transitive) to begin to speak, utter a sound (word), break silence
(intransitive) perfective form of békati

Conjugation

Conjugation of beknuti

Infinitive: beknuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: béknūvši		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		beknem	bekneš	bekne	beknemo	beknete	beknu
Future	Future I	beknut ću¹ beknuću	beknut ćeš¹ beknućeš	beknut će¹ beknuće	beknut ćemo¹ beknućemo	beknut ćete¹ beknućete	beknut će¹ beknuće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm beknuo²	bȕdēš beknuo²	bȕdē beknuo²	bȕdēmo beknuli²	bȕdēte beknuli²	bȕdū beknuli²
Past	Perfect	beknuo sam²	beknuo si²	beknuo je²	beknuli smo²	beknuli ste²	beknuli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam beknuo²	bȉo si beknuo²	bȉo je beknuo²	bíli smo beknuli²	bíli ste beknuli²	bíli su beknuli²
	Aorist	beknuh	beknu	beknu	beknusmo	beknuste	beknuše
Conditional I		beknuo bih²	beknuo bi²	beknuo bi²	beknuli bismo²	beknuli biste²	beknuli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih beknuo²	bȉo bi beknuo²	bȉo bi beknuo²	bíli bismo beknuli²	bíli biste beknuli²	bíli bi beknuli²
Imperative		—	bekni	—	beknimo	beknite	—
Active past participle		beknuo m / beknula f / beknulo n			beknuli m / beknule f / beknula 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

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