prekaliti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ kaliti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prekǎːliti/
Hyphenation: pre‧ka‧li‧ti

Verb

prekáliti pf (Cyrillic spelling прека́лити)

(transitive) to harden, temper (iron, steel)
(reflexive) to toughen, harden oneself (strength, health, maturity etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of prekaliti

Infinitive: prekaliti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prekálīvši		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		prekalim	prekališ	prekali	prekalimo	prekalite	prekale
Future	Future I	prekalit ću¹ prekaliću	prekalit ćeš¹ prekalićeš	prekalit će¹ prekaliće	prekalit ćemo¹ prekalićemo	prekalit ćete¹ prekalićete	prekalit će¹ prekaliće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm prekalio²	bȕdēš prekalio²	bȕdē prekalio²	bȕdēmo prekalili²	bȕdēte prekalili²	bȕdū prekalili²
Past	Perfect	prekalio sam²	prekalio si²	prekalio je²	prekalili smo²	prekalili ste²	prekalili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam prekalio²	bȉo si prekalio²	bȉo je prekalio²	bíli smo prekalili²	bíli ste prekalili²	bíli su prekalili²
	Aorist	prekalih	prekali	prekali	prekalismo	prekaliste	prekališe
Conditional I		prekalio bih²	prekalio bi²	prekalio bi²	prekalili bismo²	prekalili biste²	prekalili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih prekalio²	bȉo bi prekalio²	bȉo bi prekalio²	bíli bismo prekalili²	bíli biste prekalili²	bíli bi prekalili²
Imperative		—	prekali	—	prekalimo	prekalite	—
Active past participle		prekalio m / prekalila f / prekalilo n			prekalili m / prekalile f / prekalila n
Passive past participle		prekaljen m / prekaljena f / prekaljeno n			prekaljeni m / prekaljene f / prekaljena 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

prekaljívati impf