zrijeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• zréti (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zьrěti (Russian зреть (zretʹ), Polish źrzeć). Compare Lithuanian žėrėti (“to twinkle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zrijěːti/
• Hyphenation: zri‧je‧ti

Verb

zrijéti impf (Cyrillic spelling зрије́ти)

1. (ambitransitive, archaic) to watch, observe

Conjugation

Conjugation of zrijeti

infinitive		zrijeti
present verbal adverb		zrȉjūći / zrúći / zréći
past verbal adverb		zrȇvši
verbal noun		zrénje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		zrȉjēm/zrȋm	zriješ/zriš	zrije/zri	zrijemo/zrimo	zrijete/zrite	zriju/zre
future	future I	zrijet ću1 zrijeću	zrijet ćeš1 zrijećeš	zrijet će1 zrijeće	zrijet ćemo1 zrijećemo	zrijet ćete1 zrijećete	zrijet ćē1 zrijeće
	future II	bȕdēm zrio / zreo2	bȕdēš zrio / zreo2	bȕdē zrio / zreo2	bȕdēmo zrili / zreli2	bȕdēte zrili / zreli2	bȕdū zrili / zreli2
past	perfect	zrio / zreo sam2	zrio / zreo si2	zrio / zreo je2	zrili / zreli smo2	zrili / zreli ste2	zrili / zreli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam zrio / zreo2	bȉo si zrio / zreo2	bȉo je zrio / zreo2	bíli smo zrili / zreli2	bíli ste zrili / zreli2	bíli su zrili / zreli2
	aorist	zreh	zre	zre	zresmo	zreste	zreše
	imperfect	zrah	zraše	zraše	zrasmo	zraste	zrahu
conditional	conditional I	zrio / zreo bih2	zrio / zreo bi2	zrio / zreo bi2	zrili / zreli bismo2	zrili / zreli biste2	zrili / zreli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih zrio / zreo2	bȉo bi zrio / zreo2	bȉo bi zrio / zreo2	bíli bismo zrili / zreli2	bíli biste zrili / zreli2	bíli bi zrili / zreli2
imperative		—	zrij	—	zrijmo	zrijte	—
active past participle		zrio / zreo m / zrila / zrela f / zrilo / zrelo n			zrili / zreli m / zrile / zrele f / zrila / zrela 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.

References

• “zrijeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025