bojati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bojati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *bajā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyh₂-eh₂-ti, from *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǒjati/
Hyphenation: bo‧ja‧ti

Verb

bòjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀јати)

(reflexive) to fear, be afraid of (+genitive case)
bojim se ― I'm afraid

bojim ga se ― I'm afraid of him

ne boj se ― don't be afraid

nemaš se čega bojati ― there is nothing to be afraid of

ona se boji vlastitog oca ― she's afraid of her own father

nemoj se bojati ― don't be afraid

ne trebaš se bojati ― there is no need to be afraid

on se boji i vlastite s(j)ene ― he's afraid even of his own shadow

Conjugation

Conjugation of bojati

Infinitive: bojati		Present verbal adverb: bòjēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bòjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bojim	bojiš	boji	bojimo	bojite	boje
Future	Future I	bojat ću¹ bojaću	bojat ćeš¹ bojaćeš	bojat će¹ bojaće	bojat ćemo¹ bojaćemo	bojat ćete¹ bojaćete	bojat će¹ bojaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bojao²	bȕdēš bojao²	bȕdē bojao²	bȕdēmo bojali²	bȕdēte bojali²	bȕdū bojali²
Past	Perfect	bojao sam²	bojao si²	bojao je²	bojali smo²	bojali ste²	bojali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bojao²	bȉo si bojao²	bȉo je bojao²	bíli smo bojali²	bíli ste bojali²	bíli su bojali²
	Imperfect	bojah	bojaše	bojaše	bojasmo	bojaste	bojahu
Conditional I		bojao bih²	bojao bi²	bojao bi²	bojali bismo²	bojali biste²	bojali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bojao²	bȉo bi bojao²	bȉo bi bojao²	bíli bismo bojali²	bíli biste bojali²	bíli bi bojali²
Imperative		—	boj	—	bojmo	bojte	—
Active past participle		bojao m / bojala f / bojalo n			bojali m / bojale f / bojala 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

pobòjati

Etymology 2

From boja +‎ -ti.

Alternative forms

bòjiti (alternative infinitive)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bǒjati/
Hyphenation: bo‧ja‧ti

Verb

bòjati impf (Cyrillic spelling бо̀јати)

(transitive) to color
(transitive) to dye (hair, cloth..)
(transitive) to paint (by brush)
(transitive) to distemper
(transitive) to stain (glass etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bojati

Infinitive: bojati		Present verbal adverb: bòjajūći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: bòjānje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		bojam	bojaš	boja	bojamo	bojate	bojaju
Future	Future I	bojat ću¹ bojaću	bojat ćeš¹ bojaćeš	bojat će¹ bojaće	bojat ćemo¹ bojaćemo	bojat ćete¹ bojaćete	bojat će¹ bojaće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm bojao²	bȕdēš bojao²	bȕdē bojao²	bȕdēmo bojali²	bȕdēte bojali²	bȕdū bojali²
Past	Perfect	bojao sam²	bojao si²	bojao je²	bojali smo²	bojali ste²	bojali su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam bojao²	bȉo si bojao²	bȉo je bojao²	bíli smo bojali²	bíli ste bojali²	bíli su bojali²
	Imperfect	bojah	bojaše	bojaše	bojasmo	bojaste	bojahu
Conditional I		bojao bih²	bojao bi²	bojao bi²	bojali bismo²	bojali biste²	bojali bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih bojao²	bȉo bi bojao²	bȉo bi bojao²	bíli bismo bojali²	bíli biste bojali²	bíli bi bojali²
Imperative		—	boj	—	bojmo	bojte	—
Active past participle		bojao m / bojala f / bojalo n			bojali m / bojale f / bojala 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

pobòjati

References

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