baciti

See also: bačiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From older bačiti, from Proto-Slavic *bačiti.

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

Verb

báciti pf (Cyrillic spelling ба́цити)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to throw, cast
    baciti kocku ― to cast a die
    Baci mi loptu! ― Throw me the ball!
  2. (transitive) to throw out, discard, dispose
    baciti smeće/đubre ― to throw out the trash
  3. (transitive, sports) to throw (spear, discus etc.)
    baciti koplje ― to throw the javelin
  4. 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
Conjugation of baciti
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 će1
baciće
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.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “baciti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “baciti” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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