jačati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jȃk (“strong”) +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǎt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ča‧ti

Verb

jàčati impf (Cyrillic spelling ја̀чати)

1. (intransitive) to become stronger
2. (transitive) to strengthen (make stronger)

Conjugation

Conjugation of jačati

Infinitive: jačati		Present verbal adverb: jàčajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: jàčānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		jačam	jačaš	jača	jačamo	jačate	jačaju
Future	Future I	jačat ću1 jačaću	jačat ćeš1 jačaćeš	jačat će1 jačaće	jačat ćemo1 jačaćemo	jačat ćete1 jačaćete	jačat će1 jačaće
	Future II	bȕdēm jačao2	bȕdēš jačao2	bȕdē jačao2	bȕdēmo jačali2	bȕdēte jačali2	bȕdū jačali2
Past	Perfect	jačao sam2	jačao si2	jačao je2	jačali smo2	jačali ste2	jačali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam jačao2	bȉo si jačao2	bȉo je jačao2	bíli smo jačali2	bíli ste jačali2	bíli su jačali2
	Imperfect	jačah	jačaše	jačaše	jačasmo	jačaste	jačahu
Conditional I		jačao bih2	jačao bi2	jačao bi2	jačali bismo2	jačali biste2	jačali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih jačao2	bȉo bi jačao2	bȉo bi jačao2	bíli bismo jačali2	bíli biste jačali2	bíli bi jačali2
Imperative		—	jačaj	—	jačajmo	jačajte	—
Active past participle		jačao m / jačala f / jačalo n			jačali m / jačale f / jačala n
Passive past participle		jačan m / jačana f / jačano n			jačani m / jačane f / jačana 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

• nadjàčati
• ojàčati
• pojàčati

Further reading

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