braniti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borniti, related to bòriti se (“to fight, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brǎːniti/
• Hyphenation: bra‧ni‧ti

Verb

brániti (Cyrillic spelling бра́нити) impf.

1. (transitive, reflexive) to defend
2. (intransitive) to forbid

Conjugation

Conjugation of braniti

Infinitive: braniti		Present verbal adverb: bránēći		Past verbal adverb: -		Verbal noun: bránjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		branim	braniš	brani	branimo	branite	brane
Future	Future I	branit ću1 braniću	branit ćeš1 branićeš	branit će1 braniće	branit ćemo1 branićemo	branit ćete1 branićete	branit će1 braniće
	Future II	budem branio2	budeš branio2	bude branio2	budemo branili2	budete branili2	budu branili2
Past	Perfect	branio2 sam	branio2 si	branio2 je	branili2 smo	branili2 ste	branili2 su
	Pluperfect	bio sam branio2	bio si branio2	bio je branio2	bili smo branili2	bili ste branili2	bili su branili2
	Imperfect	branjah	branjaše	branjaše	branjasmo	branjaste	branjahu
Conditional I		branio2 bih	branio2 bi	branio2 bi	branili2 bismo	branili2 biste	branili2 bi
Conditional II		bio bih branio2	bio bi branio2	bio bi branio2	bili bismo branili2	bili biste branili2	bili bi branili2
Imperative		-	brani	-	branimo	branite	-
Active past participle		branio m / branila f / branilo n			branili m / branile f / branila n
Passive past participle		branjen m / branjena f / branjeno n			branjeni m / branjene f / branjena n
1   Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively.

Derived terms

• obrániti
• zabrániti