bockati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bȍsti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôt͡skati/
• Hyphenation: boc‧ka‧ti

Verb

bȍckati impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̏цкати)

1. (transitive) to prick, sting
2. (transitive, figuratively) to tease, banter

Conjugation

Conjugation of bockati

infinitive		bockati
present verbal adverb		bȍckajūći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		bȍckānje
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		bockam	bockaš	bocka	bockamo	bockate	bockaju
future	future I	bockat ću1 bockaću	bockat ćeš1 bockaćeš	bockat će1 bockaće	bockat ćemo1 bockaćemo	bockat ćete1 bockaćete	bockat ćе̄1 bockaće
	future II	bȕdēm bockao2	bȕdēš bockao2	bȕdē bockao2	bȕdēmo bockali2	bȕdēte bockali2	bȕdū bockali2
past	perfect	bockao sam2	bockao si2	bockao je2	bockali smo2	bockali ste2	bockali su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam bockao2	bȉo si bockao2	bȉo je bockao2	bíli smo bockali2	bíli ste bockali2	bíli su bockali2
	imperfect	bockah	bockaše	bockaše	bockasmo	bockaste	bockahu
conditional	conditional I	bockao bih2	bockao bi2	bockao bi2	bockali bismo2	bockali biste2	bockali bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih bockao2	bȉo bi bockao2	bȉo bi bockao2	bíli bismo bockali2	bíli biste bockali2	bíli bi bockali2
imperative		—	bockaj	—	bockajmo	bockajte	—
active past participle		bockao m / bockala f / bockalo n			bockali m / bockale f / bockala n
passive past participle		bockan m / bockana f / bockano n			bockani m / bockane f / bockana 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

• “bockati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025