stignuti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• stȉći (alternative infinitive)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stignǫti. Compare stàza. Cognates include Bulgarian сти́гна (stígna) and Macedonian стига (stiga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stîɡnuti/
• Hyphenation: sti‧gnu‧ti

Verb

stȉgnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling сти̏гнути)

1. (intransitive) to arrive, reach (to a destination or a goal)

   Vergil a Dante stignu u treći krug Pakla. ― Virgil and Dante come to the third circle of Hell.

2. (transitive) to catch up, overtake, gain on (someone who is ahead)
3. (intransitive) have time, can, be able to (to do something one ought to do)

   Ne mogu baš sada, ali ću ti pomoći čim stignem! ― I can't right now, but I will help you when I can!

4. (intransitive, by extension) to make it in time, to have time to finish or do something, to manage to do something in time

   Ne mislim da ćemo stignuti sve obaviti na vrijeme. ― I don't think we'll manage to do all the work in time.

5. (intransitive, archaic) catch up with one (illness or misfortune)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stȉći / stȉgnuti

Infinitive: stȉći / stȉgnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: stȉgāvši / stȉgnūvši		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		stignem	stigneš	stigne	stignemo	stignete	stignu
Future	Future I	stići ću	stići ćeš	stići će	stići ćemo	stići ćete	stići će
	Future II	bȕdēm stigao/stignuo2	bȕdēš stigao/stignuo2	bȕdē stigao/stignuo2	bȕdēmo stigli/stignuli2	bȕdēte stigli/stignuli2	bȕdū stigli/stignuli2
Past	Perfect	stigao/stignuo sam2	stigao/stignuo si2	stigao/stignuo je2	stigli/stignuli smo2	stigli/stignuli ste2	stigli/stignuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam stigao/stignuo2	bȉo si stigao/stignuo2	bȉo je stigao/stignuo2	bíli smo stigli/stignuli2	bíli ste stigli/stignuli2	bíli su stigli/stignuli2
	Aorist	stigoh / stignuh	stiže / stignu	stiže / stignu	stigosmo / stignusmo	stigoste / stignuste	stigoše / stignuše
Conditional I		stigao/stignuo bih2	stigao/stignuo bi2	stigao/stignuo bi2	stigli/stignuli bismo2	stigli/stignuli biste2	stigli/stignuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih stigao/stignuo2	bȉo bi stigao/stignuo2	bȉo bi stigao/stignuo2	bíli bismo stigli/stignuli2	bíli biste stigli/stignuli2	bíli bi stigli/stignuli2
Imperative		—	stigni	—	stignimo	stignite	—
Active past participle		stigao/stignuo m / stigla/stignula f / stiglo/stignulo n			stigli/stignuli m / stigle/stignule f / stigla/stignula n
Passive past participle		stignut m / stignuta f / stignuto n			stignuti m / stignute f / stignuta 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.

Derived terms

• dòstignuti
• pòstignuti
• prèstignuti
• prìstignuti
• sùstignuti

Related terms

• stȉzati impf

Further reading

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