bljeskati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• blȉskati
• blȅskati (Ekavian)

Etymology

From blijȇsak +‎ -ati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʎêskati/
• Hyphenation: blje‧ska‧ti

Verb

bljȅskati impf (Cyrillic spelling бље̏скати)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) to flash, glitter

Conjugation

Conjugation of bljeskati

Infinitive: bljeskati		Present verbal adverb: bljȅskajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bljȅskānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bljeskam	bljeskaš	bljeska	bljeskamo	bljeskate	bljeskaju
Future	Future I	bljeskat ću1 bljeskaću	bljeskat ćeš1 bljeskaćeš	bljeskat će1 bljeskaće	bljeskat ćemo1 bljeskaćemo	bljeskat ćete1 bljeskaćete	bljeskat će1 bljeskaće
	Future II	bȕdēm bljeskao2	bȕdēš bljeskao2	bȕdē bljeskao2	bȕdēmo bljeskali2	bȕdēte bljeskali2	bȕdū bljeskali2
Past	Perfect	bljeskao sam2	bljeskao si2	bljeskao je2	bljeskali smo2	bljeskali ste2	bljeskali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam bljeskao2	bȉo si bljeskao2	bȉo je bljeskao2	bíli smo bljeskali2	bíli ste bljeskali2	bíli su bljeskali2
	Imperfect	bljeskah	bljeskaše	bljeskaše	bljeskasmo	bljeskaste	bljeskahu
Conditional I		bljeskao bih2	bljeskao bi2	bljeskao bi2	bljeskali bismo2	bljeskali biste2	bljeskali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih bljeskao2	bȉo bi bljeskao2	bȉo bi bljeskao2	bíli bismo bljeskali2	bíli biste bljeskali2	bíli bi bljeskali2
Imperative		—	bljeskaj	—	bljeskajmo	bljeskajte	—
Active past participle		bljeskao m / bljeskala f / bljeskalo n			bljeskali m / bljeskale f / bljeskala 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 were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• blijesak
• bljeskalica

 

References

• “bljeskati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024