križati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From krȋž.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krǐːʒati/
• Hyphenation: kri‧ža‧ti

Verb

krížati impf (Cyrillic spelling кри́жати) (Croatia)

1. (transitive) to cross, hybridize
2. (transitive) to slice
3. (transitive) to cross out
4. (reflexive) to cross oneself
5. (reflexive) to intersect

Conjugation

Conjugation of križati

infinitive		križati
present verbal adverb		krížajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		krížānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		križam	križaš	križa	križamo	križate	križaju
future	future I	križat ću1 križaću	križat ćeš1 križaćeš	križat će1 križaće	križat ćemo1 križaćemo	križat ćete1 križaćete	križat ćē1 križaće
	future II	bȕdēm križao2	bȕdēš križao2	bȕdē križao2	bȕdēmo križali2	bȕdēte križali2	bȕdū križali2
past	perfect	križao sam2	križao si2	križao je2	križali smo2	križali ste2	križali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam križao2	bȉo si križao2	bȉo je križao2	bíli smo križali2	bíli ste križali2	bíli su križali2
	imperfect	križah	križaše	križaše	križasmo	križaste	križahu
conditional	conditional I	križao bih2	križao bi2	križao bi2	križali bismo2	križali biste2	križali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih križao2	bȉo bi križao2	bȉo bi križao2	bíli bismo križali2	bíli biste križali2	bíli bi križali2
imperative		—	križaj	—	križajmo	križajte	—
active past participle		križao m / križala f / križalo n			križali m / križale f / križala n
passive past participle		križan m / križana f / križano n			križani m / križane f / križana 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

• iskrížati
• potkrížati

References

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