iskopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

iz- +‎ kopati, calque of German ausgraben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iskǒpati/
• Hyphenation: is‧ko‧pa‧ti

Verb

iskòpati pf (Cyrillic spelling иско̀пати)

1. (transitive) to dig out, dig up (literally or figuratively)
2. (transitive) to excavate

Conjugation

Conjugation of iskopati

Infinitive: iskopati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: iskòpāvši		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		iskopam	iskopaš	iskopa	iskopamo	iskopate	iskopaju
Future	Future I	iskopat ću1 iskopaću	iskopat ćeš1 iskopaćeš	iskopat će1 iskopaće	iskopat ćemo1 iskopaćemo	iskopat ćete1 iskopaćete	iskopat će1 iskopaće
	Future II	bȕdēm iskopao2	bȕdēš iskopao2	bȕdē iskopao2	bȕdēmo iskopali2	bȕdēte iskopali2	bȕdū iskopali2
Past	Perfect	iskopao sam2	iskopao si2	iskopao je2	iskopali smo2	iskopali ste2	iskopali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam iskopao2	bȉo si iskopao2	bȉo je iskopao2	bíli smo iskopali2	bíli ste iskopali2	bíli su iskopali2
	Aorist	iskopah	iskopa	iskopa	iskopasmo	iskopaste	iskopaše
Conditional I		iskopao bih2	iskopao bi2	iskopao bi2	iskopali bismo2	iskopali biste2	iskopali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih iskopao2	bȉo bi iskopao2	bȉo bi iskopao2	bíli bismo iskopali2	bíli biste iskopali2	bíli bi iskopali2
Imperative		—	iskopaj	—	iskopajmo	iskopajte	—
Active past participle		iskopao m / iskopala f / iskopalo n			iskopali m / iskopale f / iskopala n
Passive past participle		iskopan m / iskopana f / iskopano n			iskopani m / iskopane f / iskopana 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

• iskopávati impf