brijati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *briti

Pronunciation

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

Verb

brȉjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бри̏јати)

(transitive, reflexive) to shave
(slang) 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	budem brijao²	budeš brijao²	bude brijao²	budemo brijali²	budete brijali²	budu brijali²
Past	Perfect	brijao sam²	brijao si²	brijao je²	brijali smo²	brijali ste²	brijali su²
	Pluperfect³	bio sam brijao²	bio si brijao²	bio je brijao²	bili smo brijali²	bili ste brijali²	bili su brijali²
	Imperfect	brijah	brijaše	brijaše	brijasmo	brijaste	brijahu
Conditional I		brijao bih²	brijao bi²	brijao bi²	brijali bismo²	brijali biste²	brijali bi²
Conditional II		bio bih brijao²	bio bi brijao²	bio bi brijao²	bili bismo brijali²	bili biste brijali²	bili 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. * Note: The aorist and imperfect have nowadays fallen into disuse and as such they are found only in literary texts; routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

ìzbrijati
nàbrijati
òbrijati
brijač
Seviljski brijač

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