ubiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ubiti. Compare Russian уби́ть (ubítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔbiti/
• Hyphenation: u‧bi‧ti

Verb

ùbiti pf (Cyrillic spelling у̀бити)

1. (transitive) to kill, murder

Conjugation

Conjugation of ubiti

infinitive		ubiti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		ùbīvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		ubijem	ubiješ	ubije	ubijemo	ubijete	ubiju
future	future I	ubit ću1 ubiću	ubit ćeš1 ubićeš	ubit će1 ubiće	ubit ćemo1 ubićemo	ubit ćete1 ubićete	ubit ćē1 ubiće
	future II	bȕdēm ubio2	bȕdēš ubio2	bȕdē ubio2	bȕdēmo ubili2	bȕdēte ubili2	bȕdū ubili2
past	perfect	ubio sam2	ubio si2	ubio je2	ubili smo2	ubili ste2	ubili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam ubio2	bȉo si ubio2	bȉo je ubio2	bíli smo ubili2	bíli ste ubili2	bíli su ubili2
	aorist	ubih	ubi	ubi	ubismo	ubiste	ubiše
conditional	conditional I	ubio bih2	ubio bi2	ubio bi2	ubili bismo2	ubili biste2	ubili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih ubio2	bȉo bi ubio2	bȉo bi ubio2	bíli bismo ubili2	bíli biste ubili2	bíli bi ubili2
imperative		—	ubij	—	ubijmo	ubijte	—
active past participle		ubio m / ubila f / ubilo n			ubili m / ubile f / ubila n
passive past participle		ubijen m / ubijena f / ubijeno n			ubijeni m / ubijene f / ubijena 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.

Related terms

• ubíjati impf
• ùbiti dvȉje mùhe jèdnīm ùdārcem (proverb)

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ubiti. Compare Russian уби́ть (ubítʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ubìːti/

Verb

ubíti pf

1. to kill

Inflection

Vowel + -ti -jem (AP a)
infinitive	ubíti
1st singular	ubȋjem
infinitive	ubíti			ubȋt, ubȉt
supine	ubȋt, ubȉt
verbal noun	ubȋtje
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	ubȋt			ubȋvši
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	ubȉł		ubíla		ubílo
dual	ubíla		ubíli		ubíli
plural	ubíli		ubíle		ubíla
	present			imperative
1st singular	ubȋjem			—
2nd singular	ubȋješ			ubīj
3rd singular	ubȋje			—
1st dual	ubȋjeva			ubȋjva
2nd dual	ubȋjeta			ubȋjta
3rd dual	ubȋjeta			—
1st plural	ubȋjemo			ubȋjmo
2nd plural	ubȋjete			ubȋjte
3rd plural	ubȋjejo, ubijọ́			—

Further reading

• “ubiti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ubiti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references