bljeskati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

blȉskati
blȅskati (Ekavian)

Etymology

From blijȇsak +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʎêskati/
Hyphenation: blje‧ska‧ti

Verb

bljȅskati impf (Cyrillic spelling бље̏скати)

(intransitive, reflexive) to flash, glitter

Conjugation

Conjugation of bljeskati

Infinitive: bljeskati		Present verbal adverb: bljȅskajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bljȅskānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bljeskam	bljeskaš	bljeska	bljeskamo	bljeskate	bljeskaju
Future	Future I	bljeskat ću¹ bljeskaću	bljeskat ćeš¹ bljeskaćeš	bljeskat će¹ bljeskaće	bljeskat ćemo¹ bljeskaćemo	bljeskat ćete¹ bljeskaćete	bljeskat će¹ bljeskaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bljeskao²	bȕdēš bljeskao²	bȕdē bljeskao²	bȕdēmo bljeskali²	bȕdēte bljeskali²	bȕdū bljeskali²
Past	Perfect	bljeskao sam²	bljeskao si²	bljeskao je²	bljeskali smo²	bljeskali ste²	bljeskali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bljeskao²	bȉo si bljeskao²	bȉo je bljeskao²	bíli smo bljeskali²	bíli ste bljeskali²	bíli su bljeskali²
	Imperfect	bljeskah	bljeskaše	bljeskaše	bljeskasmo	bljeskaste	bljeskahu
Conditional I		bljeskao bih²	bljeskao bi²	bljeskao bi²	bljeskali bismo²	bljeskali biste²	bljeskali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bljeskao²	bȉo bi bljeskao²	bȉo bi bljeskao²	bíli bismo bljeskali²	bíli biste bljeskali²	bíli bi bljeskali²
Imperative		—	bljeskaj	—	bljeskajmo	bljeskajte	—
Active past participle		bljeskao m / bljeskala f / bljeskalo n			bljeskali m / bljeskale f / bljeskala 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.

Related terms

References

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