prekipjeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pre- +‎ kipjeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prekǐːpjeti/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧kip‧je‧ti

Verb

prekípjeti pf (Cyrillic spelling преки́пјети)

  1. (intransitive) to boil over
    mrzim kad mi prekipi ml(ij)ekoI hate it when my milk boils over
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, usually impersonal) to blow up
    prekip(j)elo mu je pa je počeo razbijati pokućstvohe blew up and started breaking furniture

Conjugation

Conjugation of prekipjeti
infinitive prekipjeti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb prekípjēvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present prekipim prekipiš prekipi prekipimo prekipite prekipe
future future I prekipjet ću1
prekipjeću
prekipjet ćeš1
prekipjećeš
prekipjet će1
prekipjeće
prekipjet ćemo1
prekipjećemo
prekipjet ćete1
prekipjećete
prekipjet ćē1
prekipjeće
future II bȕdēm prekipio2 bȕdēš prekipio2 bȕdē prekipio2 bȕdēmo prekipjeli2 bȕdēte prekipjeli2 bȕdū prekipjeli2
past perfect prekipio sam2 prekipio si2 prekipio je2 prekipjeli smo2 prekipjeli ste2 prekipjeli su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam prekipio2 bȉo si prekipio2 bȉo je prekipio2 bíli smo prekipjeli2 bíli ste prekipjeli2 bíli su prekipjeli2
aorist prekipjeh prekipje prekipje prekipjesmo prekipjeste prekipješe
conditional conditional I prekipio bih2 prekipio bi2 prekipio bi2 prekipjeli bismo2 prekipjeli biste2 prekipjeli bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih prekipio2 bȉo bi prekipio2 bȉo bi prekipio2 bíli bismo prekipjeli2 bíli biste prekipjeli2 bíli bi prekipjeli2
imperative prekipi prekipimo prekipite
active past participle prekipio m / prekipjela f / prekipjelo n prekipjeli m / prekipjele f / prekipjela 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

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