prsnuti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

According to Matasovic, generalized in meaning from prskati (“to splash, sprinkle, squirt”). Similar sense development could be found in Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to break, burst”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pr̂snuti/
Hyphenation: prs‧nu‧ti

Verb

pȑsnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling пр̏снути)

(intransitive) to blow up, explode
(intransitive) to crack, snap, split, break, burst

Conjugation

Conjugation of prsnuti

Infinitive: prsnuti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: pȑsnūvši		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		prsnem	prsneš	prsne	prsnemo	prsnete	prsnu
Future	Future I	prsnut ću¹ prsnuću	prsnut ćeš¹ prsnućeš	prsnut će¹ prsnuće	prsnut ćemo¹ prsnućemo	prsnut ćete¹ prsnućete	prsnut će¹ prsnuće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm prsnuo²	bȕdēš prsnuo²	bȕdē prsnuo²	bȕdēmo prsnuli²	bȕdēte prsnuli²	bȕdū prsnuli²
Past	Perfect	prsnuo sam²	prsnuo si²	prsnuo je²	prsnuli smo²	prsnuli ste²	prsnuli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam prsnuo²	bȉo si prsnuo²	bȉo je prsnuo²	bíli smo prsnuli²	bíli ste prsnuli²	bíli su prsnuli²
	Aorist	prsnuh	prsnu	prsnu	prsnusmo	prsnuste	prsnuše
Conditional I		prsnuo bih²	prsnuo bi²	prsnuo bi²	prsnuli bismo²	prsnuli biste²	prsnuli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih prsnuo²	bȉo bi prsnuo²	bȉo bi prsnuo²	bíli bismo prsnuli²	bíli biste prsnuli²	bíli bi prsnuli²
Imperative		—	prsni	—	prsnimo	prsnite	—
Active past participle		prsnuo m / prsnula f / prsnulo n			prsnuli m / prsnule f / prsnula n
Passive past participle		prsnut m / prsnuta f / prsnuto n			prsnuti m / prsnute f / prsnuta 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 in many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

nàprsnuti
ràsprsnuti

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mad-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-52

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mad-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-52