braniti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borniti, related to bòriti se (“to fight, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǎːniti/
• Hyphenation: bra‧ni‧ti

Verb

brániti impf (Cyrillic spelling бра́нити)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to defend
2. (intransitive) to forbid

Conjugation

Conjugation of braniti

Infinitive: braniti		Present verbal adverb: bránēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bránjēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		branim	braniš	brani	branimo	branite	brane
Future	Future I	branit ću1 braniću	branit ćeš1 branićeš	branit će1 braniće	branit ćemo1 branićemo	branit ćete1 branićete	branit će1 braniće
	Future II	bȕdēm branio2	bȕdēš branio2	bȕdē branio2	bȕdēmo branili2	bȕdēte branili2	bȕdū branili2
Past	Perfect	branio sam2	branio si2	branio je2	branili smo2	branili ste2	branili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam branio2	bȉo si branio2	bȉo je branio2	bíli smo branili2	bíli ste branili2	bíli su branili2
	Imperfect	branjah	branjaše	branjaše	branjasmo	branjaste	branjahu
Conditional I		branio bih2	branio bi2	branio bi2	branili bismo2	branili biste2	branili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih branio2	bȉo bi branio2	bȉo bi branio2	bíli bismo branili2	bíli biste branili2	bíli bi branili2
Imperative		—	brani	—	branimo	branite	—
Active past participle		branio m / branila f / branilo n			branili m / branile f / branila n
Passive past participle		branjen m / branjena f / branjeno n			branjeni m / branjene f / branjena 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

• obrániti / odbrániti
• zabrániti
• kišobran
• suncobran
• blatobran

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borniti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /branìːti/, /braníːti/, /bràːniti/

Verb

branīti or brániti impf

1. to defend (ward off attack)
2. to prevent, to stop

Inflection

-iti -im (AP b)
infinitive	branīti, brániti
1st singular	bránim
infinitive	branīti, brániti			bránit
supine	bránit
verbal noun	bránjenje
	participle			converb
present	branȅč			—
past	bránjen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	bránił		branȋla		branílo
dual	braníla		braníli		braníli
plural	braníli		braníle		braníla
	present			imperative
1st singular	bránim			—
2nd singular	brániš			bráni
3rd singular	bráni			—
1st dual	brániva			brániva, branȋva
2nd dual	bránita			bránita, branȋta
3rd dual	bránita			—
1st plural	bránimo			bránimo, branȋmo
2nd plural	bránite			bránite, branȋte
3rd plural	bránijo			—

Derived terms

• obranīti
• ubranīti