brstiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъstь.

Verb

brstiti impf (Cyrillic spelling брстити)

1. to browse, crop, graze (of ruminant animals)
2. (informal) to misuse, exploit

Conjugation

Conjugation of brstiti

Infinitive: brstiti		Present verbal adverb: brsteći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bršćenje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brstim	brstiš	brsti	brstimo	brstite	brste
Future	Future I	brstit ću1 brstiću	brstit ćeš1 brstićeš	brstit će1 brstiće	brstit ćemo1 brstićemo	brstit ćete1 brstićete	brstit će1 brstiće
	Future II	bȕdēm brstio2	bȕdēš brstio2	bȕdē brstio2	bȕdēmo brstili2	bȕdēte brstili2	bȕdū brstili2
Past	Perfect	brstio sam2	brstio si2	brstio je2	brstili smo2	brstili ste2	brstili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam brstio2	bȉo si brstio2	bȉo je brstio2	bíli smo brstili2	bíli ste brstili2	bíli su brstili2
	Imperfect	brstih	brstiše	brstiše	brstismo	brstiste	brstahu(?)
Conditional I		brstio bih2	brstio bi2	brstio bi2	brstili bismo2	brstili biste2	brstili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih brstio2	bȉo bi brstio2	bȉo bi brstio2	bíli bismo brstili2	bíli biste brstili2	bíli bi brstili2
Imperative		—	brsti	—	brstimo	brstite	—
Active past participle		brstio m / brstila f / brstilo n			brstili m / brstile f / brstila 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.