brčkati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br̂t͡ʃkati/
• Hyphenation: brč‧ka‧ti

Verb

bȑčkati impf (Cyrillic spelling бр̏чкати)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to dabble, paddle, splash

Conjugation

Conjugation of brčkati

Infinitive: brčkati		Present verbal adverb: bȑčkajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bȑčkānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brčkam	brčkaš	brčka	brčkamo	brčkate	brčkaju
Future	Future I	brčkat ću1 brčkaću	brčkat ćeš1 brčkaćeš	brčkat će1 brčkaće	brčkat ćemo1 brčkaćemo	brčkat ćete1 brčkaćete	brčkat će1 brčkaće
	Future II	bȕdēm brčkao2	bȕdēš brčkao2	bȕdē brčkao2	bȕdēmo brčkali2	bȕdēte brčkali2	bȕdū brčkali2
Past	Perfect	brčkao sam2	brčkao si2	brčkao je2	brčkali smo2	brčkali ste2	brčkali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam brčkao2	bȉo si brčkao2	bȉo je brčkao2	bíli smo brčkali2	bíli ste brčkali2	bíli su brčkali2
	Imperfect	brčkah	brčkaše	brčkaše	brčkasmo	brčkaste	brčkahu
Conditional I		brčkao bih2	brčkao bi2	brčkao bi2	brčkali bismo2	brčkali biste2	brčkali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih brčkao2	bȉo bi brčkao2	bȉo bi brčkao2	bíli bismo brčkali2	bíli biste brčkali2	bíli bi brčkali2
Imperative		—	brčkaj	—	brčkajmo	brčkajte	—
Active past participle		brčkao m / brčkala f / brčkalo n			brčkali m / brčkale f / brčkala 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

• “brčkati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024