prekopati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From pre- +‎ kopati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /prekǒpati/
Hyphenation: pre‧ko‧pa‧ti

Verb

prekòpati pf (Cyrillic spelling преко̀пати)

(transitive) to dig up (all over, across), to turn over the ground, to hove over
(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	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