popeti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

po- +‎ pȇti

Verb

pòpēti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀пе̄ти)

(reflexive) to climb, rise, ascend
Faraon se popeo na prijestolje. ― The pharaoh ascended to the throne.
(transitive) to lift, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of popeti

Infinitive: popeti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: popevši		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		popnem	popneš	popne	popnemo	popnete	popnu
Future	Future I	popet ću¹ popeću	popet ćeš¹ popećeš	popet će¹ popeće	popet ćemo¹ popećemo	popet ćete¹ popećete	popet će¹ popeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm popeo²	bȕdēš popeo²	bȕdē popeo²	bȕdēmo popeli²	bȕdēte popeli²	bȕdū popeli²
Past	Perfect	popeo sam²	popeo si²	popeo je²	popeli smo²	popeli ste²	popeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam popeo²	bio si popeo²	bio je popeo²	bili smo popeli²	bili ste popeli²	bili su popeli²
	Imperfect	popeh	pope	pope	popesmo	popeste	popeše
Conditional I		popeo bih²	popeo bi²	popeo bi²	popeli bismo²	popeli biste²	popeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih popeo²	bio bi popeo²	bio bi popeo²	bili bismo popeli²	bili biste popeli²	bili bi popeli²
Imperative		—	popni	—	popnimo	popnite	—
Active past participle		popeo m / popela f / popelo n			popeli m / popele f / popela 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 have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found mainly in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

pènjati impf

References

“popeti” in Hrvatski jezični portal