ušuškati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From u- +‎ šȕškati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǔʃuʃkati/

Verb

ùšuškati pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀шушкати)

(usually reflexive) to tuck in, to nestle

Conjugation

Conjugation of ušuškati

Infinitive: ušuškati		Present verbal adverb: ušuškajući		Past verbal adverb: ušuškāvši		Verbal noun: ušuškanje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ušuškām	ušuškaš	ušuška	ušuškamo	ušuškate	ušuškaju
Future	Future I	ušuškat ću¹ ušuškaću	ušuškat ćeš¹ ušuškaćeš	ušuškat će¹ ušuškaće	ušuškat ćemo¹ ušuškaćemo	ušuškat ćete¹ ušuškaćete	ušuškat će¹ ušuškaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm ušuškao²	bȕdēš ušuškao²	bȕdē ušuškao²	bȕdēmo ušuškali²	bȕdēte ušuškali²	bȕdū ušuškali²
Past	Perfect	ušuškao sam²	ušuškao si²	ušuškao je²	ušuškali smo²	ušuškali ste²	ušuškali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam ušuškao²	bȉo si ušuškao²	bȉo je ušuškao²	bíli smo ušuškali²	bíli ste ušuškali²	bíli su ušuškali²
	Aorist	ušuškah	ušuška	ušuška	ušuškasmo	ušuškaste	ušuškaše
Conditional I		ušuškao bih²	ušuškao bi²	ušuškao bi²	ušuškali bismo²	ušuškali biste²	ušuškali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih ušuškao²	bȉo bi ušuškao²	bȉo bi ušuškao²	bíli bismo ušuškali²	bíli biste ušuškali²	bíli bi ušuškali²
Imperative		—	ušuškaj	—	ušuškajmo	ušuškajte	—
Active past participle		ušuškao m / ušuškala f / ušuškalo n			ušuškali m / ušuškale f / ušuškala n
Passive past participle		ùšuškān m / ušuškana f / ušuškano n			ušuškani m / ušuškane f / ušuškana 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

ušuškávati impf

References

“ušuškati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
“ušuškati”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 649