brijati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *briti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brîjati/
Hyphenation: bri‧ja‧ti

Verb

brȉjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бри̏јати)

(transitive, reflexive) to shave
(slang, regional, Croatia) to think
Brijem da to nije točno. ― I don't think that's true

Briješ? Brijem. ― You think so? Yeah I do.
(slang) to make out with, to hook up with
Poslije nastave su zabrijali. ― They made out after class
(slang) to go on about something, be on about
Ma dosadan je, stalno brije o tome da ga zapostavljam. ― He's boring, he keeps going on about how I'm neglecting him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of brijati

Infinitive: brijati		Present verbal adverb: brȉjūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: brȉjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		brijem	briješ	brije	brijemo	brijete	briju
Future	Future I	brijat ću¹ brijaću	brijat ćeš¹ brijaćeš	brijat će¹ brijaće	brijat ćemo¹ brijaćemo	brijat ćete¹ brijaćete	brijat će¹ brijaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm brijao²	bȕdēš brijao²	bȕdē brijao²	bȕdēmo brijali²	bȕdēte brijali²	bȕdū brijali²
Past	Perfect	brijao sam²	brijao si²	brijao je²	brijali smo²	brijali ste²	brijali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam brijao²	bȉo si brijao²	bȉo je brijao²	bíli smo brijali²	bíli ste brijali²	bíli su brijali²
	Imperfect	brijah	brijaše	brijaše	brijasmo	brijaste	brijahu
Conditional I		brijao bih²	brijao bi²	brijao bi²	brijali bismo²	brijali biste²	brijali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih brijao²	bȉo bi brijao²	bȉo bi brijao²	bíli bismo brijali²	bíli biste brijali²	bíli bi brijali²
Imperative		—	brij	—	brijmo	brijte	—
Active past participle		brijao m / brijala f / brijalo n			brijali m / brijale f / brijala n
Passive past participle		brijan m / brijana f / brijano n			brijani m / brijane f / brijana 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.

Derived terms

ìzbrijati
nàbrijati
òbrijati
brijač
Seviljski brijač

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