prekopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ kopati.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pre‧ko‧pa‧ti

Verb

prekòpati pf (Cyrillic spelling преко̀пати)

1. (transitive) to dig up (all over, across), to turn over the ground, to hove over
2. (transitive, figuratively) to ransack, rake up, rummage

Conjugation

Conjugation of prekopati

Infinitive: prekopati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: prekòpāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		prekopam	prekopaš	prekopa	prekopamo	prekopate	prekopaju
Future	Future I	prekopat ću1 prekopaću	prekopat ćeš1 prekopaćeš	prekopat će1 prekopaće	prekopat ćemo1 prekopaćemo	prekopat ćete1 prekopaćete	prekopat će1 prekopaće
	Future II	bȕdēm prekopao2	bȕdēš prekopao2	bȕdē prekopao2	bȕdēmo prekopali2	bȕdēte prekopali2	bȕdū prekopali2
Past	Perfect	prekopao sam2	prekopao si2	prekopao je2	prekopali smo2	prekopali ste2	prekopali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam prekopao2	bȉo si prekopao2	bȉo je prekopao2	bíli smo prekopali2	bíli ste prekopali2	bíli su prekopali2
	Aorist	prekopah	prekopa	prekopa	prekopasmo	prekopaste	prekopaše
Conditional I		prekopao bih2	prekopao bi2	prekopao bi2	prekopali bismo2	prekopali biste2	prekopali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih prekopao2	bȉo bi prekopao2	bȉo bi prekopao2	bíli bismo prekopali2	bíli biste prekopali2	bíli bi prekopali2
Imperative		—	prekopaj	—	prekopajmo	prekopajte	—
Active past participle		prekopao m / prekopala f / prekopalo n			prekopali m / prekopale f / prekopala n
Passive past participle		prekopan m / prekopana f / prekopano n			prekopani m / prekopane f / prekopana 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

• prekopávati impf