nategnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From na- + Proto-Slavic *tęgnǫti, compare téžak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /natěːɡnuti/
  • Hyphenation: na‧te‧gnu‧ti

Verb

natégnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling нате́гнути)

  1. (transitive) to tighten (something elastic)
  2. (transitive) to pull
  3. (transitive) to assert without sufficient proof, to exaggerate
  4. (transitive, slang) to take a sip (of a drink)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nategnuti
infinitive nategnuti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb natégnūvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present nategnem nategneš nategne nategnemo nategnete nategnu
future future I nategnut ću1
nategnuću
nategnut ćeš1
nategnućeš
nategnut će1
nategnuće
nategnut ćemo1
nategnućemo
nategnut ćete1
nategnućete
nategnut ćē1
nategnuće
future II bȕdēm nategnuo/nategao2 bȕdēš nategnuo/nategao2 bȕdē nategnuo/nategao2 bȕdēmo nategnuli/nategli2 bȕdēte nategnuli/nategli2 bȕdū nategnuli/nategli2
past perfect nategnuo/nategao sam2 nategnuo/nategao si2 nategnuo/nategao je2 nategnuli/nategli smo2 nategnuli/nategli ste2 nategnuli/nategli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam nategnuo/nategao2 bȉo si nategnuo/nategao2 bȉo je nategnuo/nategao2 bíli smo nategnuli/nategli2 bíli ste nategnuli/nategli2 bíli su nategnuli/nategli2
aorist nategnuh / nategoh nategnu / nateže nategnu / nateže nategnusmo / nategosmo nategnuste / nategoste nategnuše / nategoše
conditional conditional I nategnuo/nategao bih2 nategnuo/nategao bi2 nategnuo/nategao bi2 nategnuli/nategli bismo2 nategnuli/nategli biste2 nategnuli/nategli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih nategnuo/nategao2 bȉo bi nategnuo/nategao2 bȉo bi nategnuo/nategao2 bíli bismo nategnuli/nategli2 bíli biste nategnuli/nategli2 bíli bi nategnuli/nategli2
imperative nategni nategnimo nategnite
active past participle nategnuo/nategao m / nategnula/nategla f / nategnulo/nateglo n nategnuli/nategli m / nategnule/nategle f / nategnula/nategla n
passive past participle nategnut m / nategnuta f / nategnuto n nategnuti m / nategnute f / nategnuta 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

  • nategnuti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026