posrnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

po- +‎ srnuti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /posřːnuti/
Hyphenation: po‧sr‧nu‧ti

Verb

posŕnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling поср́нути)

(intransitive) to trip, stumble (also figuratively)
(intransitive) to corrupt, ruin (morally, of success etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of posrnuti

Infinitive: posrnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: posŕnūvši		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		posrnem	posrneš	posrne	posrnemo	posrnete	posrnu
Future	Future I	posrnut ću¹ posrnuću	posrnut ćeš¹ posrnućeš	posrnut će¹ posrnuće	posrnut ćemo¹ posrnućemo	posrnut ćete¹ posrnućete	posrnut će¹ posrnuće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm posrnuo²	bȕdēš posrnuo²	bȕdē posrnuo²	bȕdēmo posrnuli²	bȕdēte posrnuli²	bȕdū posrnuli²
Past	Perfect	posrnuo sam²	posrnuo si²	posrnuo je²	posrnuli smo²	posrnuli ste²	posrnuli su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam posrnuo²	bio si posrnuo²	bio je posrnuo²	bili smo posrnuli²	bili ste posrnuli²	bili su posrnuli²
	Aorist	posrnuh	posrnu	posrnu	posrnusmo	posrnuste	posrnuše
Conditional I		posrnuo bih²	posrnuo bi²	posrnuo bi²	posrnuli bismo²	posrnuli biste²	posrnuli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih posrnuo²	bio bi posrnuo²	bio bi posrnuo²	bili bismo posrnuli²	bili biste posrnuli²	bili bi posrnuli²
Imperative		—	posrni	—	posrnimo	posrnite	—
Active past participle		posrnuo m / posrnula f / posrnulo n			posrnuli m / posrnule f / posrnula 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 only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

pòsrtati impf