uzmicati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From uz- +‎ micati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǔzmit͡sati/
Hyphenation: uz‧mi‧ca‧ti

Verb

ùzmicati impf (Cyrillic spelling у̀змицати)

(intransitive) to step back, draw back
(intransitive) to withdraw, retreat (in debate, quarrel, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of uzmicati

Infinitive: uzmicati		Present verbal adverb: ùzmičūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: ùzmicānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		uzmičem	uzmičeš	uzmiče	uzmičemo	uzmičete	uzmiču
Future	Future I	uzmicat ću¹ uzmicaću	uzmicat ćeš¹ uzmicaćeš	uzmicat će¹ uzmicaće	uzmicat ćemo¹ uzmicaćemo	uzmicat ćete¹ uzmicaćete	uzmicat će¹ uzmicaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm uzmicao²	bȕdēš uzmicao²	bȕdē uzmicao²	bȕdēmo uzmicali²	bȕdēte uzmicali²	bȕdū uzmicali²
Past	Perfect	uzmicao sam²	uzmicao si²	uzmicao je²	uzmicali smo²	uzmicali ste²	uzmicali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam uzmicao²	bȉo si uzmicao²	bȉo je uzmicao²	bíli smo uzmicali²	bíli ste uzmicali²	bíli su uzmicali²
	Imperfect	uzmicah	uzmicaše	uzmicaše	uzmicasmo	uzmicaste	uzmicahu
Conditional I		uzmicao bih²	uzmicao bi²	uzmicao bi²	uzmicali bismo²	uzmicali biste²	uzmicali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih uzmicao²	bȉo bi uzmicao²	bȉo bi uzmicao²	bíli bismo uzmicali²	bíli biste uzmicali²	bíli bi uzmicali²
Imperative		—	uzmiči	—	uzmičimo	uzmičite	—
Active past participle		uzmicao m / uzmicala f / uzmicalo n			uzmicali m / uzmicale f / uzmicala 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

uzmàknuti / ùzmaći pf