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Meaning of -ući | Babel Free

Phrase

Definitions

suffix forming a verbal adjective from the present tense of certain imperfective verbs, specifically those whose third person plural present tense ends in -u, i.e. infinitives in -ati, -nuti, -sti, -ći and a few others

morpheme

Equivalents

Bosanski -ući
Hrvatski -ući

Examples

“hódati (“to walk”) → hȏdajū (“they walk”) + -ūćī → hódajūćī (“walking”)”
“iznenađívati (“to surprise”) → iznenàđujū (“they surprise”) + -ūćī → iznenàđujūći (“surprising”)”
“ìći (“to go”) → ȉdū (“they go”) + -ūćī → ìdūćī (“next, following”)”
“tȅći (“to flow; to progress”) → tèkū (“they flow, they progress”) + -ūćī → tèkūćī (“liquid; flowing; current”)”

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