stignuti
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (alternative infinitive): stȉći
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *stignǫti. Compare stàza. Cognates include Bulgarian сти́гна (stígna) and Macedonian стига (stiga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stîɡnuti/
- Hyphenation: sti‧gnu‧ti
Verb
stȉgnuti pf (Cyrillic spelling сти̏гнути)
- (intransitive) to arrive, reach (to a destination or a goal)
- Vergil a Dante stignu u treći krug Pakla - Vergil and Dante come to the third round of Hell.
- (transitive) to catch up, overtake, gain on (someone who is ahead)
- (intransitive) have time, can, be able to (to do something one ought to do)
- Ne mogu baš sada, ali ću ti pomoći čim stignem! ― I can't right now, but I will help you when I can!
- (intransitive, by extension) to make it in time, to have time to finish or do something, to manage to do something in time
- Ne mislim da ćemo stići sve obaviti na vrijeme. ― I don't think we'll manage to do all the work in time.
- (intransitive, archaic) catch up with one (illness or misfortune)
Conjugation
Conjugation of stȉći / stȉgnuti
| Infinitive: stȉći / stȉgnuti | Present verbal adverb: — | Past verbal adverb: stȉgāvši / stȉgnūvši | 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 | stignem | stigneš | stigne | stignemo | stignete | stignu | |
| Future | Future I | stići ću | stići ćeš | stići će | stići ćemo | stići ćete | stići će |
| Future II | bȕdēm stigao/stignuo2 | bȕdēš stigao/stignuo2 | bȕdē stigao/stignuo2 | bȕdēmo stigli/stignuli2 | bȕdēte stigli/stignuli2 | bȕdū stigli/stignuli2 | |
| Past | Perfect | stigao/stignuo sam2 | stigao/stignuo si2 | stigao/stignuo je2 | stigli/stignuli smo2 | stigli/stignuli ste2 | stigli/stignuli su2 |
| Pluperfect3 | bȉo sam stigao/stignuo2 | bȉo si stigao/stignuo2 | bȉo je stigao/stignuo2 | bíli smo stigli/stignuli2 | bíli ste stigli/stignuli2 | bíli su stigli/stignuli2 | |
| Aorist | stigoh / stignuh | stiže / stignu | stiže / stignu | stigosmo / stignusmo | stigoste / stignuste | stigoše / stignuše | |
| Conditional I | stigao/stignuo bih2 | stigao/stignuo bi2 | stigao/stignuo bi2 | stigli/stignuli bismo2 | stigli/stignuli biste2 | stigli/stignuli bi2 | |
| Conditional II4 | bȉo bih stigao/stignuo2 | bȉo bi stigao/stignuo2 | bȉo bi stigao/stignuo2 | bíli bismo stigli/stignuli2 | bíli biste stigli/stignuli2 | bíli bi stigli/stignuli2 | |
| Imperative | — | stigni | — | stignimo | stignite | — | |
| Active past participle | stigao/stignuo m / stigla/stignula f / stiglo/stignulo n | stigli/stignuli m / stigle/stignule f / stigla/stignula n | |||||
| Passive past participle | stignut m / stignuta f / stignuto n | stignuti m / stignute f / stignuta 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. | |||||||
Derived terms
- dòstignuti
- pòstignuti
- prèstignuti
- prìstignuti
- sùstignuti
Related terms
- stȉzati impf
Further reading
- “stignuti” in Hrvatski jezični portal