otvoriti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otъvoriti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /otʋǒriti/
• Hyphenation: o‧tvo‧ri‧ti

Verb

otvòriti pf (Cyrillic spelling отво̀рити)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to open

Conjugation

Conjugation of otvoriti

Infinitive: otvoriti		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: otvòrīvši		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		otvorim	otvoriš	otvori	otvorimo	otvorite	otvore
Future	Future I	otvorit ću1 otvoriću	otvorit ćeš1 otvorićeš	otvorit će1 otvoriće	otvorit ćemo1 otvorićemo	otvorit ćete1 otvorićete	otvorit će1 otvoriće
	Future II	bȕdēm otvorio2	bȕdēš otvorio2	bȕdē otvorio2	bȕdēmo otvorili2	bȕdēte otvorili2	bȕdū otvorili2
Past	Perfect	otvorio sam2	otvorio si2	otvorio je2	otvorili smo2	otvorili ste2	otvorili su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam otvorio2	bȉo si otvorio2	bȉo je otvorio2	bíli smo otvorili2	bíli ste otvorili2	bíli su otvorili2
	Aorist	otvorih	otvori	otvori	otvorismo	otvoriste	otvoriše
Conditional I		otvorio bih2	otvorio bi2	otvorio bi2	otvorili bismo2	otvorili biste2	otvorili bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih otvorio2	bȉo bi otvorio2	bȉo bi otvorio2	bíli bismo otvorili2	bíli biste otvorili2	bíli bi otvorili2
Imperative		—	otvori	—	otvorimo	otvorite	—
Active past participle		otvorio m / otvorila f / otvorilo n			otvorili m / otvorile f / otvorila n
Passive past participle		otvoren m / otvorena f / otvoreno n			otvoreni m / otvorene f / otvorena 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

• otvárati impf
• zatvarati impf
• zatvòriti pf

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian otvòriti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔtʋòːriti/, /ɔtʋóːriti/

Verb

otvọ̄riti pf

1. to open, lunch, start (usually in a solemn manner)

   V petek je potekala slovesnost, ki jo je otvoril sam predsednik vlade. ― There was a ceremony held on Friday which was opened by the Prime Minister.

2. inaugurate

Inflection

-iti -im (both)
infinitive	otvọ̄riti
1st singular	otvọ̄rim
infinitive	otvọ̄riti			otvọ̄rit
supine	otvọ̄rit
verbal noun	otvọ̄rjenje
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	otvọ̄rjen			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	otvọ̄rił		otvọ̄rila		otvọ̄rilo
dual	otvọ̄rila		otvọ̄rili		otvọ̄rili
plural	otvọ̄rili		otvọ̄rile		otvọ̄rila
	present			imperative
1st singular	otvọ̄rim			—
2nd singular	otvọ̄riš			otvọ̄ri
3rd singular	otvọ̄ri			—
1st dual	otvọ̄riva			otvọ̄riva
2nd dual	otvọ̄rita			otvọ̄rita
3rd dual	otvọ̄rita			—
1st plural	otvọ̄rimo			otvọ̄rimo
2nd plural	otvọ̄rite			otvọ̄rite
3rd plural	otvọ̄rijo			—

Derived terms

• otvorȋtev

Further reading

• “otvoriti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025