nabosti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- +‎ bosti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎbosti/
• Hyphenation: na‧bos‧ti

Verb

nàbosti pf (Cyrillic spelling на̀бости)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to pierce, prick

Conjugation

Conjugation of nabosti

Infinitive: nabosti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: nàbōvši		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		nabodem	nabodeš	nabode	nabodemo	nabodete	nabodu
Future	Future I	nabost ću1 nabošću	nabost ćeš1 nabošćeš	nabost će1 nabošće	nabost ćemo1 nabošćemo	nabost ćete1 nabošćete	nabost će1 nabošće
	Future II	bȕdēm naboo2	bȕdēš naboo2	bȕdē naboo2	bȕdēmo naboli2	bȕdēte naboli2	bȕdū naboli2
Past	Perfect	naboo sam2	naboo si2	naboo je2	naboli smo2	naboli ste2	naboli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam naboo2	bȉo si naboo2	bȉo je naboo2	bíli smo naboli2	bíli ste naboli2	bíli su naboli2
	Aorist	nabodoh	nabode	nabode	nabodosmo	nabodoste	nabodoše
Conditional I		naboo bih2	naboo bi2	naboo bi2	naboli bismo2	naboli biste2	naboli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih naboo2	bȉo bi naboo2	bȉo bi naboo2	bíli bismo naboli2	bíli biste naboli2	bíli bi naboli2
Imperative		—	nabodi	—	nabodimo	nabodite	—
Active past participle		naboo m / nabola f / nabolo n			naboli m / nabole f / nabola n
Passive past participle		naboden m / nabodena f / nabodeno n			nabodeni m / nabodene f / nabodena 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

• nabádati impf

Further reading

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