poplaviti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ plaviti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poplǎːʋiti/
• Hyphenation: po‧pla‧vi‧ti

Verb

popláviti pf (Cyrillic spelling попла́вити)

1. (transitive) to flood, deluge
2. to color blue

Conjugation

Conjugation of poplaviti

Infinitive: poplaviti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: poplávīvši		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		poplavim	poplaviš	poplavi	poplavimo	poplavite	poplave
Future	Future I	poplavit ću1 poplaviću	poplavit ćeš1 poplavićeš	poplavit će1 poplaviće	poplavit ćemo1 poplavićemo	poplavit ćete1 poplavićete	poplavit će1 poplaviće
	Future II	bȕdēm poplavio2	bȕdēš poplavio2	bȕdē poplavio2	bȕdēmo poplavili2	bȕdēte poplavili2	bȕdū poplavili2
Past	Perfect	poplavio sam2	poplavio si2	poplavio je2	poplavili smo2	poplavili ste2	poplavili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam poplavio2	bȉo si poplavio2	bȉo je poplavio2	bíli smo poplavili2	bíli ste poplavili2	bíli su poplavili2
	Aorist	poplavih	poplavi	poplavi	poplavismo	poplaviste	poplaviše
Conditional I		poplavio bih2	poplavio bi2	poplavio bi2	poplavili bismo2	poplavili biste2	poplavili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih poplavio2	bȉo bi poplavio2	bȉo bi poplavio2	bíli bismo poplavili2	bíli biste poplavili2	bíli bi poplavili2
Imperative		—	poplavi	—	poplavimo	poplavite	—
Active past participle		poplavio m / poplavila f / poplavilo n			poplavili m / poplavile f / poplavila n
Passive past participle		poplavljen m / poplavljena f / poplavljeno n			poplavljeni m / poplavljene f / poplavljena 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.

Further reading

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