češati

See also: Cesati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *česati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *késtei.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃěʃati/
Hyphenation: če‧ša‧ti

Verb

čèšati impf (Cyrillic spelling чѐшати)

(transitive, reflexive) to scratch
(transitive) to curry, dress (horse)
(transitive) to card, tease, comb (wool)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *češati*
		singular			plural
infinitive		češati
present verbal adverb		čȅšūći
past verbal adverb		čèšāvši
verbal noun		čèšānje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		čȅšēm	čȅšēš	čȅšē	čȅšēmo	čȅšēte	čȅšū
future	future I	čèšat ću¹ čèšaću	čèšat ćeš¹ čèšaćeš	čèšat će¹ čèšaće	čèšat ćemo¹ čèšaćemo	čèšat ćete¹ čèšaćete	čèšat ćē¹ čèšaćē
future	future II	bȕdēm čȅšao²	bȕdēš čȅšao²	bȕdē čȅšao²	bȕdēmo čȅšāli²	bȕdēte čȅšāli²	bȕdū čȅšāli²
past	perfect	čȅšao sam²	čȅšao si²	čȅšao je²	čȅšāli smo²	čȅšāli ste²	čȅšāli su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam čȅšao²	bȉo si čȅšao²	bȉo je čȅšao²	bíli smo čȅšāli²	bíli ste čȅšāli²	bíli su čȅšāli²
	aorist	čèšah	čȅšā	čȅšā	čèšasmo	čèšaste	čèšaše
	imperfect	čȅšāh	čȅšāše	čȅšāše	čȅšāsmo	čȅšāste	čȅšāhu
conditional	conditional I	čȅšao bih²	čȅšao bi²	čȅšao bi²	čȅšāli bismo²	čȅšāli biste²	čȅšāli bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih čȅšao²	bȉo bi čȅšao²	bȉo bi čȅšao²	bíli bismo čȅšāli²	bíli biste čȅšāli²	bíli bi čȅšāli²
imperative		—	čèši	—	čèšimo	čèšite	—
active past participle		čȅšao m / čȅšāla f / čȅšālo n			čȅšāli m / čȅšāle f / čȅšāla n
passive past participle		čȅšān m / čȅšāna f / čȅšāno n			čȅšāni m / čȅšāne f / čȅšāna 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

verbs

Related terms

nouns

čȅšalj