posrnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ srnuti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /posř̩ːnuti/
• Hyphenation: po‧sr‧nu‧ti

Verb

posŕnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling поср́нути)

1. (intransitive) to trip, stumble (also figuratively)
2. (intransitive) to corrupt, ruin (morally, of success etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of posrnuti

Infinitive: posrnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: posŕnūvši		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		posrnem	posrneš	posrne	posrnemo	posrnete	posrnu
Future	Future I	posrnut ću1 posrnuću	posrnut ćeš1 posrnućeš	posrnut će1 posrnuće	posrnut ćemo1 posrnućemo	posrnut ćete1 posrnućete	posrnut će1 posrnuće
	Future II	bȕdēm posrnuo2	bȕdēš posrnuo2	bȕdē posrnuo2	bȕdēmo posrnuli2	bȕdēte posrnuli2	bȕdū posrnuli2
Past	Perfect	posrnuo sam2	posrnuo si2	posrnuo je2	posrnuli smo2	posrnuli ste2	posrnuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam posrnuo2	bȉo si posrnuo2	bȉo je posrnuo2	bíli smo posrnuli2	bíli ste posrnuli2	bíli su posrnuli2
	Aorist	posrnuh	posrnu	posrnu	posrnusmo	posrnuste	posrnuše
Conditional I		posrnuo bih2	posrnuo bi2	posrnuo bi2	posrnuli bismo2	posrnuli biste2	posrnuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih posrnuo2	bȉo bi posrnuo2	bȉo bi posrnuo2	bíli bismo posrnuli2	bíli biste posrnuli2	bíli bi posrnuli2
Imperative		—	posrni	—	posrnimo	posrnite	—
Active past participle		posrnuo m / posrnula f / posrnulo n			posrnuli m / posrnule f / posrnula 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

• pòsrtati impf

Further reading

• “posrnuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024