preorati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ orati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preǒrati/
• Hyphenation: pre‧o‧ra‧ti

Verb

preòrati pf (Cyrillic spelling прео̀рати)

1. (transitive) to plough anew/afresh, re-plough
2. (transitive, figuratively) to investigate, rummage through, comb (search thoroughly)
3. (transitive, figuratively) to heavily alter or modify

Conjugation

Conjugation of preorati

Infinitive: preorati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: preòrāvši		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		preoram	preoraš	preora	preoramo	preorate	preoraju
Future	Future I	preorat ću1 preoraću	preorat ćeš1 preoraćeš	preorat će1 preoraće	preorat ćemo1 preoraćemo	preorat ćete1 preoraćete	preorat će1 preoraće
	Future II	bȕdēm preorao2	bȕdēš preorao2	bȕdē preorao2	bȕdēmo preorali2	bȕdēte preorali2	bȕdū preorali2
Past	Perfect	preorao sam2	preorao si2	preorao je2	preorali smo2	preorali ste2	preorali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam preorao2	bȉo si preorao2	bȉo je preorao2	bíli smo preorali2	bíli ste preorali2	bíli su preorali2
	Aorist	preorah	preora	preora	preorasmo	preoraste	preoraše
Conditional I		preorao bih2	preorao bi2	preorao bi2	preorali bismo2	preorali biste2	preorali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih preorao2	bȉo bi preorao2	bȉo bi preorao2	bíli bismo preorali2	bíli biste preorali2	bíli bi preorali2
Imperative		—	preoraj	—	preorajmo	preorajte	—
Active past participle		preorao m / preorala f / preoralo n			preorali m / preorale f / preorala n
Passive past participle		preoran m / preorana f / preorano n			preorani m / preorane f / preorana 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

• preorávati impf

References

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