bičevati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bičevati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bît͡ʃeʋati/
• Hyphenation: bi‧če‧va‧ti

Verb

bȉčevati impf (Cyrillic spelling би̏чевати)

1. (intransitive) to whip

Conjugation

Conjugation of bičevati

Infinitive: bičevati		Present verbal adverb: bȉčujūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȉčevānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bičujem	bičuješ	bičuje	bičujemo	bičujete	bičuju
Future	Future I	bičevat ću1 bičevaću	bičevat ćeš1 bičevaćeš	bičevat će1 bičevaće	bičevat ćemo1 bičevaćemo	bičevat ćete1 bičevaćete	bičevat će1 bičevaće
	Future II	bȕdēm bičevao2	bȕdēš bičevao2	bȕdē bičevao2	bȕdēmo bičevali2	bȕdēte bičevali2	bȕdū bičevali2
Past	Perfect	bičevao sam2	bičevao si2	bičevao je2	bičevali smo2	bičevali ste2	bičevali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bičevao2	bȉo si bičevao2	bȉo je bičevao2	bíli smo bičevali2	bíli ste bičevali2	bíli su bičevali2
	Imperfect	bičevah	bičevaše	bičevaše	bičevasmo	bičevaste	bičevahu
Conditional I		bičevao bih2	bičevao bi2	bičevao bi2	bičevali bismo2	bičevali biste2	bičevali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bičevao2	bȉo bi bičevao2	bȉo bi bičevao2	bíli bismo bičevali2	bíli biste bičevali2	bíli bi bičevali2
Imperative		—	bičuj	—	bičujmo	bičujte	—
Active past participle		bičevao m / bičevala f / bičevalo n			bičevali m / bičevale f / bičevala n
Passive past participle		bičevan m / bičevana f / bičevano n			bičevani m / bičevane f / bičevana 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

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