riješiti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(Ekavian): réšiti

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rěšiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rijěːʃiti/
Hyphenation: ri‧je‧ši‧ti

Verb

rijéšiti pf (Cyrillic spelling рије́шити)

(transitive) to solve (a problem, riddle, equation, etc.)
(reflexive) to get rid of (+ genitive)
(intransitive) (colloquial) to decide or choose to perform an action
- 1991, Đorđe Balašević (music), “Ringišpil”, in Marim ja...‎:
  Rešilo nebo da potopi svet.
  The sky decided to drown the world.

Conjugation

Conjugation of riješiti

Infinitive: riješiti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: rijéšīvši		Verbal noun: rješénje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		riješim	riješiš	riješi	riješimo	riješite	riješe
Future	Future I	riješit ću¹ riješiću	riješit ćeš¹ riješićeš	riješit će¹ riješiće	riješit ćemo¹ riješićemo	riješit ćete¹ riješićete	riješit će¹ riješiće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm riješio²	bȕdēš riješio²	bȕdē riješio²	bȕdēmo riješili²	bȕdēte riješili²	bȕdū riješili²
Past	Perfect	riješio sam²	riješio si²	riješio je²	riješili smo²	riješili ste²	riješili su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam riješio²	bio si riješio²	bio je riješio²	bili smo riješili²	bili ste riješili²	bili su riješili²
	Aorist	riješih	riješi	riješi	riješismo	riješiste	riješiše
Conditional I		riješio bih²	riješio bi²	riješio bi²	riješili bismo²	riješili biste²	riješili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bio bih riješio²	bio bi riješio²	bio bi riješio²	bili bismo riješili²	bili biste riješili²	bili bi riješili²
Imperative		—	riješi	—	riješimo	riješite	—
Active past participle		riješio m / riješila f / riješilo n			riješili m / riješile f / riješila n
Passive past participle		riješen m / riješena f / riješeno n			riješeni m / riješene f / riješena 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

rješávati impf
rješiv