omesti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From o- +‎ mesti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒmeːsti/
• Hyphenation: o‧mes‧ti

Verb

òmēsti pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀ме̄сти)

1. (transitive) to disrupt, hamper, hinder, interfere with
2. (transitive) to prevent, thwart, foil (another’s plans)

Conjugation

Conjugation of omesti

Infinitive: omesti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: òmēvši		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		ometem	ometeš	omete	ometemo	ometete	ometu
Future	Future I	omest ću1 omešću	omest ćeš1 omešćeš	omest će1 omešće	omest ćemo1 omešćemo	omest ćete1 omešćete	omest će1 omešće
	Future II	bȕdēm omeo2	bȕdēš omeo2	bȕdē omeo2	bȕdēmo omeli2	bȕdēte omeli2	bȕdū omeli2
Past	Perfect	omeo sam2	omeo si2	omeo je2	omeli smo2	omeli ste2	omeli su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam omeo2	bȉo si omeo2	bȉo je omeo2	bíli smo omeli2	bíli ste omeli2	bíli su omeli2
	Aorist	ometoh	omete	omete	ometosmo	ometoste	ometoše
Conditional I		omeo bih2	omeo bi2	omeo bi2	omeli bismo2	omeli biste2	omeli bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih omeo2	bȉo bi omeo2	bȉo bi omeo2	bíli bismo omeli2	bíli biste omeli2	bíli bi omeli2
Imperative		—	ometi	—	ometimo	ometite	—
Active past participle		omeo m / omela f / omelo n			omeli m / omele f / omela n
Passive past participle		ometen m / ometena f / ometeno n			ometeni m / ometene f / ometena 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

• ométati impf

Further reading

• “omesti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024