igrati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьgrati. Cognate to Russian игра́ть (igrátʹ) and Czech hrát and Polish igrać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îɡrati/
• Hyphenation: i‧gra‧ti

Verb

ȉgrati impf (Cyrillic spelling и̏грати)

1. (intransitive) to play (game, sports etc.)
2. (intransitive) to act, enact
3. (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, ambitransitive) to dance

   Synonym: plesati (Croatia)

4. (reflexive) to amuse oneself, toy with, play with

Conjugation

Conjugation of igrati

infinitive		igrati
present verbal adverb		ȉgrajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ȉgrānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		igram	igraš	igra	igramo	igrate	igraju
future	future I	igrat ću1 igraću	igrat ćeš1 igraćeš	igrat će1 igraće	igrat ćemo1 igraćemo	igrat ćete1 igraćete	igrat ćē1 igraće
	future II	bȕdēm igrao2	bȕdēš igrao2	bȕdē igrao2	bȕdēmo igrali2	bȕdēte igrali2	bȕdū igrali2
past	perfect	igrao sam2	igrao si2	igrao je2	igrali smo2	igrali ste2	igrali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam igrao2	bȉo si igrao2	bȉo je igrao2	bíli smo igrali2	bíli ste igrali2	bíli su igrali2
	imperfect	igrah	igraše	igraše	igrasmo	igraste	igrahu
conditional	conditional I	igrao bih2	igrao bi2	igrao bi2	igrali bismo2	igrali biste2	igrali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih igrao2	bȉo bi igrao2	bȉo bi igrao2	bíli bismo igrali2	bíli biste igrali2	bíli bi igrali2
imperative		—	igraj	—	igrajmo	igrajte	—
active past participle		igrao m / igrala f / igralo n			igrali m / igrale f / igrala 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

• doìgrati
• igrač
• ìzigrati
• nàdigrati
• òbigrati
• òdigrati
• pòigrati
• pròigrati
• razìgrati
• ùigrati
• zàigrati

Related terms

• igra
• igralište
• zàigrān
• rȁzigrān

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьgrati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡràːti/
• Hyphenation: i‧grá‧ti

Verb

igráti impf

1. to play (of games or instruments)
2. to act (in a play)

Conjugation

-ati -am (AP b)
infinitive	igráti
1st singular	igrȃm
infinitive	igráti			igrȁt
supine	igrȁt
verbal noun	igrȃnje
	participle			converb
present	igrajọ̄č			igrȃje
past	igrán			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	igrȁł		igrȃla		igrálo
dual	igrála		igráli		igráli
plural	igráli		igrále		igrála
	present			imperative
1st singular	igrȃm			—
2nd singular	igrȃš			igrȁj
3rd singular	igrȃ			—
1st dual	igrȃva			igrȃjva
2nd dual	igrȃta			igrȃjta
3rd dual	igrȃta			—
1st plural	igrȃmo			igrȃjmo
2nd plural	igrȃte			igrȃjte
3rd plural	igrȃjo			—

Derived terms

• izigráti
• preigráti
• priigráti
• razigráti
• zaigráti

Further reading

• “igrati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “igrati”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references