baciti

Etymology

From older bačiti, from Proto-Slavic *bačiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǎːt͡siti/
Hyphenation: ba‧ci‧ti

Verb

báciti pf (Cyrillic spelling ба́цити, imperfective bàcati)

(transitive) to throw, cast
baciti kocku ― to cast a die

Baci mi loptu! ― Throw me the ball!
(transitive) to throw out, discard, dispose
baciti smeće/đubre ― to throw out the trash
(transitive, sports) to throw (spear, discus etc.)
baciti koplje ― to throw the javelin
idiomatic and figurative senses that refer to throwing, literally or figuratively
baciti u vodu ― to discard, waste (literally, “throw in the water”)

nije za baciti ― nothing to sneeze at (literally, “not to be thrown away”)

baciti ulje na vatru ― to add fuel to the fire (literally, “throw oil to the fire”)

baciti se na učenje ― to hit the books (literally, “throw oneself at studying”)

Conjugation

More information Infinitive: baciti, Present verbal adverb: — ...

Infinitive: baciti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: bácīvši		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		bacim	baciš	baci	bacimo	bacite	bace
Future	Future I	bacit ću¹ baciću	bacit ćeš¹ bacićeš	bacit će¹ baciće	bacit ćemo¹ bacićemo	bacit ćete¹ bacićete	bacit ćē¹ baciće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bacio²	bȕdēš bacio²	bȕdē bacio²	bȕdēmo bacili²	bȕdēte bacili²	bȕdū bacili²
Past	Perfect	bacio sam²	bacio si²	bacio je²	bacili smo²	bacili ste²	bacili su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bacio²	bȉo si bacio²	bȉo je bacio²	bíli smo bacili²	bíli ste bacili²	bíli su bacili²
	Aorist	bacih	baci	baci	bacismo	baciste	baciše
Conditional I		bacio bih²	bacio bi²	bacio bi²	bacili bismo²	bacili biste²	bacili bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bacio²	bȉo bi bacio²	bȉo bi bacio²	bíli bismo bacili²	bíli biste bacili²	bíli bi bacili²
Imperative		—	baci	—	bacimo	bacite	—
Active past participle		bacio m / bacila f / bacilo n			bacili m / bacile f / bacila n
Passive past participle		bačen m / bačena f / bačeno n			bačeni m / bačene f / bačena 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.

Conjugation of baciti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Wikiwand - on