linjati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *liňati (Russian линя́ть (linjátʹ), Polish linić, Czech línat).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lǐɲati/
Hyphenation: li‧nja‧ti

Verb

lìnjati impf (Cyrillic spelling лѝњати)

(reflexive) to molt

Conjugation

Conjugation of linjati

Infinitive: linjati		Present verbal adverb: lìnjajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: lìnjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		linjam	linjaš	linja	linjamo	linjate	linjaju
Future	Future I	linjat ću¹ linjaću	linjat ćeš¹ linjaćeš	linjat će¹ linjaće	linjat ćemo¹ linjaćemo	linjat ćete¹ linjaćete	linjat će¹ linjaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm linjao²	bȕdēš linjao²	bȕdē linjao²	bȕdēmo linjali²	bȕdēte linjali²	bȕdū linjali²
Past	Perfect	linjao sam²	linjao si²	linjao je²	linjali smo²	linjali ste²	linjali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam linjao²	bȉo si linjao²	bȉo je linjao²	bíli smo linjali²	bíli ste linjali²	bíli su linjali²
	Imperfect	linjah	linjaše	linjaše	linjasmo	linjaste	linjahu
Conditional I		linjao bih²	linjao bi²	linjao bi²	linjali bismo²	linjali biste²	linjali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih linjao²	bȉo bi linjao²	bȉo bi linjao²	bíli bismo linjali²	bíli biste linjali²	bíli bi linjali²
Imperative		—	linjaj	—	linjajmo	linjajte	—
Active past participle		linjao m / linjala f / linjalo n			linjali m / linjale f / linjala 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.

References

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