izmicati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From iz- +‎ micati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǐzmit͡sati/
Hyphenation: iz‧mi‧ca‧ti

Verb

ìzmicati impf (Cyrillic spelling ѝзмицати)

(intransitive) to flee, run away
(intransitive, reflexive, with dative) to avoid, escape (an unpleasant situation or person)
(reflexive) to slip by (of an opportunity)

Conjugation

Conjugation of izmicati

Infinitive: izmicati		Present verbal adverb: ìzmičūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ìzmicānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		izmičem	izmičeš	izmiče	izmičemo	izmičete	izmiču
Future	Future I	izmicat ću¹ izmicaću	izmicat ćeš¹ izmicaćeš	izmicat će¹ izmicaće	izmicat ćemo¹ izmicaćemo	izmicat ćete¹ izmicaćete	izmicat će¹ izmicaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm izmicao²	bȕdēš izmicao²	bȕdē izmicao²	bȕdēmo izmicali²	bȕdēte izmicali²	bȕdū izmicali²
Past	Perfect	izmicao sam²	izmicao si²	izmicao je²	izmicali smo²	izmicali ste²	izmicali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam izmicao²	bȉo si izmicao²	bȉo je izmicao²	bíli smo izmicali²	bíli ste izmicali²	bíli su izmicali²
	Imperfect	izmicah	izmicaše	izmicaše	izmicasmo	izmicaste	izmicahu
Conditional I		izmicao bih²	izmicao bi²	izmicao bi²	izmicali bismo²	izmicali biste²	izmicali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih izmicao²	bȉo bi izmicao²	bȉo bi izmicao²	bíli bismo izmicali²	bíli biste izmicali²	bíli bi izmicali²
Imperative		—	izmiči	—	izmičimo	izmičite	—
Active past participle		izmicao m / izmicala f / izmicalo n			izmicali m / izmicale f / izmicala n
Passive past participle		izmican m / izmicana f / izmicano n			izmicani m / izmicane f / izmicana 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

izmàknuti / ìzmaći pf