признати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From при- +‎ зна̏ти.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǐznati/
• Hyphenation: при‧зна‧ти

Verb

прѝзнати pf (Latin spelling prìznati)

1. (transitive) to acknowledge, recognize
2. (transitive) to own, confess
3. (transitive) to admit
4. (transitive) to concede the claim
5. (transitive) to appreciate
6. (transitive) to plead guilty

Conjugation

Conjugation of признати

infinitive		признати
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		прѝзна̄вши
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		признам	признаш	призна	признамо	признате	признају
future	future I	признат ћу1 признаћу	признат ћеш1 признаћеш	признат ће1 признаће	признат ћемо1 признаћемо	признат ћете1 признаћете	признат ћē1 признаће
	future II	бу̏де̄м признао2	бу̏де̄ш признао2	бу̏де̄ признао2	бу̏де̄мо признали2	бу̏де̄те признали2	бу̏дӯ признали2
past	perfect	признао сам2	признао си2	признао је2	признали смо2	признали сте2	признали су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам признао2	би̏о си признао2	би̏о је признао2	би́ли смо признали2	би́ли сте признали2	би́ли су признали2
	aorist	признах	призна	призна	признасмо	признасте	признаше
conditional	conditional I	признао бих2	признао би2	признао би2	признали бисмо2	признали бисте2	признали би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих признао2	би̏о би признао2	би̏о би признао2	би́ли бисмо признали2	би́ли бисте признали2	би́ли би признали2
imperative		—	признај	—	признајмо	признајте	—
active past participle		признао m / признала f / признало n			признали m / признале f / признала n
passive past participle		признат m / призната f / признато n			признати m / признате f / призната 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

• призна́вати impf

Further reading

• “признати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025