guknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From gȕgūt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǔːknuti/
• Hyphenation: guk‧nu‧ti

Verb

gúknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling гу́кнути)

1. (intransitive) to coo (once)
2. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively, slang) to get talking, break silence (say something that has been kept hidden or undisclosed)

Conjugation

Conjugation of guknuti

Infinitive: guknuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: gúknūvši		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		guknem	gukneš	gukne	guknemo	guknete	guknu
Future	Future I	guknut ću1 guknuću	guknut ćeš1 guknućeš	guknut će1 guknuće	guknut ćemo1 guknućemo	guknut ćete1 guknućete	guknut će1 guknuće
	Future II	bȕdēm guknuo2	bȕdēš guknuo2	bȕdē guknuo2	bȕdēmo guknuli2	bȕdēte guknuli2	bȕdū guknuli2
Past	Perfect	guknuo sam2	guknuo si2	guknuo je2	guknuli smo2	guknuli ste2	guknuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam guknuo2	bȉo si guknuo2	bȉo je guknuo2	bíli smo guknuli2	bíli ste guknuli2	bíli su guknuli2
	Aorist	guknuh	guknu	guknu	guknusmo	guknuste	guknuše
Conditional I		guknuo bih2	guknuo bi2	guknuo bi2	guknuli bismo2	guknuli biste2	guknuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih guknuo2	bȉo bi guknuo2	bȉo bi guknuo2	bíli bismo guknuli2	bíli biste guknuli2	bíli bi guknuli2
Imperative		—	gukni	—	guknimo	guknite	—
Active past participle		guknuo m / guknula f / guknulo n			guknuli m / guknule f / guknula 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

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