beknuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȇ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běːknuti/
• Hyphenation: bek‧nu‧ti

Verb

béknuti pf (Cyrillic spelling бе́кнути)

1. (derogatory, transitive) to begin to speak, utter a sound (word), break silence
2. (intransitive) perfective form of békati

Conjugation

Conjugation of beknuti

Infinitive: beknuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: béknūvši		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		beknem	bekneš	bekne	beknemo	beknete	beknu
Future	Future I	beknut ću1 beknuću	beknut ćeš1 beknućeš	beknut će1 beknuće	beknut ćemo1 beknućemo	beknut ćete1 beknućete	beknut će1 beknuće
	Future II	bȕdēm beknuo2	bȕdēš beknuo2	bȕdē beknuo2	bȕdēmo beknuli2	bȕdēte beknuli2	bȕdū beknuli2
Past	Perfect	beknuo sam2	beknuo si2	beknuo je2	beknuli smo2	beknuli ste2	beknuli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam beknuo2	bȉo si beknuo2	bȉo je beknuo2	bíli smo beknuli2	bíli ste beknuli2	bíli su beknuli2
	Aorist	beknuh	beknu	beknu	beknusmo	beknuste	beknuše
Conditional I		beknuo bih2	beknuo bi2	beknuo bi2	beknuli bismo2	beknuli biste2	beknuli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih beknuo2	bȉo bi beknuo2	bȉo bi beknuo2	bíli bismo beknuli2	bíli biste beknuli2	bíli bi beknuli2
Imperative		—	bekni	—	beknimo	beknite	—
Active past participle		beknuo m / beknula f / beknulo n			beknuli m / beknule f / beknula 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

• “beknuti” in Hrvatski jezični portal