указати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From у- +‎ казати.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ukǎːzati/
• Hyphenation: у‧ка‧за‧ти

Verb

ука́зати pf (Latin spelling ukázati)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to point out, point to (facts, errors etc., usually in a form of advice, critic or warning)
2. (reflexive) to appear (of a supernatural phenomena)

Conjugation

Conjugation of указати

Infinitive: указати		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ука́за̄вши		Verbal noun: указа́ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		укажем	укажеш	укаже	укажемо	укажете	укажу
Future	Future I	указат ћу1 указаћу	указат ћеш1 указаћеш	указат ће1 указаће	указат ћемо1 указаћемо	указат ћете1 указаћете	указат ће1 указаће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м указао2	бу̏де̄ш указао2	бу̏де̄ указао2	бу̏де̄мо указали2	бу̏де̄те указали2	бу̏дӯ указали2
Past	Perfect	указао сам2	указао си2	указао је2	указали смо2	указали сте2	указали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам указао2	би̏о си указао2	би̏о је указао2	би́ли смо указали2	би́ли сте указали2	би́ли су указали2
	Aorist	указах	указа	указа	указасмо	указасте	указаше
Conditional I		указао бих2	указао би2	указао би2	указали бисмо2	указали бисте2	указали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих указао2	би̏о би указао2	би̏о би указао2	би́ли бисмо указали2	би́ли бисте указали2	би́ли би указали2
Imperative		—	укажи	—	укажимо	укажите	—
Active past participle		указао m / указала f / указало n			указали m / указале f / указала n
Passive past participle		указан m / указана f / указано n			указани m / указане f / указана 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

• укази́вати impf

Further reading

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