zadubiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From za- +‎ dubiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zadǔːbiti/
Hyphenation: za‧du‧bi‧ti

Verb

zadúbiti pf (Cyrillic spelling заду́бити)

(reflexive, with u (“in”)) to delve into, to become engrossed or absorbed in
zadubio sam se u učenje ― I immersed myself in study

Conjugation

Conjugation of zadubiti

Infinitive: zadubiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: zadúbīvši		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		zadubem	zadubeš	zadube	zadubemo	zadubete	zadubu
Future	Future I	zadupst ću¹ zadupšću	zadupst ćeš¹ zadupšćeš	zadupst će¹ zadupšće	zadupst ćemo¹ zadupšćemo	zadupst ćete¹ zadupšćete	zadupst će¹ zadupšće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm zadubao²	bȕdēš zadubao²	bȕdē zadubao²	bȕdēmo zadubli²	bȕdēte zadubli²	bȕdū zadubli²
Past	Perfect	zadubao sam²	zadubao si²	zadubao je²	zadubli smo²	zadubli ste²	zadubli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam zadubao²	bȉo si zadubao²	bȉo je zadubao²	bíli smo zadubli²	bíli ste zadubli²	bíli su zadubli²
	Aorist	zaduboh	zadube	zadube	zadubosmo	zaduboste	zaduboše
Conditional I		zadubao bih²	zadubao bi²	zadubao bi²	zadubli bismo²	zadubli biste²	zadubli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih zadubao²	bȉo bi zadubao²	bȉo bi zadubao²	bíli bismo zadubli²	bíli biste zadubli²	bíli bi zadubli²
Imperative		—	zadubi	—	zadubimo	zadubite	—
Active past participle		zadubao m / zadubla f / zadublo n			zadubli m / zaduble f / zadubla n
Passive past participle		zadubljen m / zadubljena f / zadubljeno n			zadubljeni m / zadubljene f / zadubljena 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

zadubljívati impf

References

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