opsjesti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• òpsesti (Ekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒpsjesti/
• Hyphenation: op‧sje‧sti

Verb

òpsjesti pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀псјести)

1. (transitive) to besiege
2. (transitive) to obsess

Conjugation

Conjugation of opsjesti

Infinitive: opsjesti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: òpsjēvši		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		opsjednem	opsjedneš	opsjedne	opsjednemo	opsjednete	opsjednu
Future	Future I	opsjest ću1 opsješću	opsjest ćeš1 opsješćeš	opsjest će1 opsješće	opsjest ćemo1 opsješćemo	opsjest ćete1 opsješćete	opsjest će1 opsješće
	Future II	bȕdēm opsjeo2	bȕdēš opsjeo2	bȕdē opsjeo2	bȕdēmo opsjeli2	bȕdēte opsjeli2	bȕdū opsjeli2
Past	Perfect	opsjeo sam2	opsjeo si2	opsjeo je2	opsjeli smo2	opsjeli ste2	opsjeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam opsjeo2	bȉo si opsjeo2	bȉo je opsjeo2	bíli smo opsjeli2	bíli ste opsjeli2	bíli su opsjeli2
	Aorist	opsjedoh	opsjede	opsjede	opsjedosmo	opsjedoste	opsjedoše
Conditional I		opsjeo bih2	opsjeo bi2	opsjeo bi2	opsjeli bismo2	opsjeli biste2	opsjeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih opsjeo2	bȉo bi opsjeo2	bȉo bi opsjeo2	bíli bismo opsjeli2	bíli biste opsjeli2	bíli bi opsjeli2
Imperative		—	opsjedni	—	opsjednimo	opsjednite	—
Active past participle		opsjeo m / opsjela f / opsjelo n			opsjeli m / opsjele f / opsjela n
Passive past participle		opsjednut m / opsjednuta f / opsjednuto n			opsjednuti m / opsjednute f / opsjednuta 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

• opsjédati

Further reading

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