prsnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

According to Matasovic, generalized in meaning from prskati (“to splash, sprinkle, squirt”). Similar sense development could be found in Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr̂snuti/
• Hyphenation: prs‧nu‧ti

Verb

pȑsnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling пр̏снути)

1. (intransitive) to blow up, explode
2. (intransitive) to crack, snap, split, break, burst

Conjugation

Conjugation of prsnuti

Infinitive: prsnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pȑsnūvši		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		prsnem	prsneš	prsne	prsnemo	prsnete	prsnu
Future	Future I	prsnut ću1 prsnuću	prsnut ćeš1 prsnućeš	prsnut će1 prsnuće	prsnut ćemo1 prsnućemo	prsnut ćete1 prsnućete	prsnut će1 prsnuće
	Future II	bȕdēm prsnuo2	bȕdēš prsnuo2	bȕdē prsnuo2	bȕdēmo prsnuli2	bȕdēte prsnuli2	bȕdū prsnuli2
Past	Perfect	prsnuo sam2	prsnuo si2	prsnuo je2	prsnuli smo2	prsnuli ste2	prsnuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prsnuo2	bȉo si prsnuo2	bȉo je prsnuo2	bíli smo prsnuli2	bíli ste prsnuli2	bíli su prsnuli2
	Aorist	prsnuh	prsnu	prsnu	prsnusmo	prsnuste	prsnuše
Conditional I		prsnuo bih2	prsnuo bi2	prsnuo bi2	prsnuli bismo2	prsnuli biste2	prsnuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prsnuo2	bȉo bi prsnuo2	bȉo bi prsnuo2	bíli bismo prsnuli2	bíli biste prsnuli2	bíli bi prsnuli2
Imperative		—	prsni	—	prsnimo	prsnite	—
Active past participle		prsnuo m / prsnula f / prsnulo n			prsnuli m / prsnule f / prsnula n
Passive past participle		prsnut m / prsnuta f / prsnuto n			prsnuti m / prsnute f / prsnuta 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.

Derived terms

• nàprsnuti
• ràsprsnuti