bistriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȉstar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǐstriti/
• Hyphenation: bi‧stri‧ti

Verb

bìstriti impf (Cyrillic spelling бѝстрити)

1. (transitive) to clarify (make clear)
2. (transitive) to clear up

Conjugation

Conjugation of bistriti

Infinitive: bistriti		Present verbal adverb: bìstrēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bìstrēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bistrim	bistriš	bistri	bistrimo	bistrite	bistre
Future	Future I	bistrit ću1 bistriću	bistrit ćeš1 bistrićeš	bistrit će1 bistriće	bistrit ćemo1 bistrićemo	bistrit ćete1 bistrićete	bistrit će1 bistriće
	Future II	bȕdēm bistrio2	bȕdēš bistrio2	bȕdē bistrio2	bȕdēmo bistrili2	bȕdēte bistrili2	bȕdū bistrili2
Past	Perfect	bistrio sam2	bistrio si2	bistrio je2	bistrili smo2	bistrili ste2	bistrili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bistrio2	bȉo si bistrio2	bȉo je bistrio2	bíli smo bistrili2	bíli ste bistrili2	bíli su bistrili2
	Imperfect	bistrah	bistraše	bistraše	bistrasmo	bistraste	bistrahu
Conditional I		bistrio bih2	bistrio bi2	bistrio bi2	bistrili bismo2	bistrili biste2	bistrili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bistrio2	bȉo bi bistrio2	bȉo bi bistrio2	bíli bismo bistrili2	bíli biste bistrili2	bíli bi bistrili2
Imperative		—	bistri	—	bistrimo	bistrite	—
Active past participle		bistrio m / bistrila f / bistrilo n			bistrili m / bistrile f / bistrila n
Passive past participle		bistren m / bistrena f / bistreno n			bistreni m / bistrene f / bistrena 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

• razbìstriti

References

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