Okrepili

Okrepili is a form of the verb okrepiti used in several South Slavic languages, including Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, and Slovenian varieties. The verb okrepiti means to strengthen, fortify, or make something more resilient, whether physically, militarily, or metaphorically.

Okrepili is the masculine plural past tense form, used to indicate that a subject strengthened something in the past. It can also function as a past participle in compound tenses or as an attributive participle. For example, in the sentence “Oni su okrepili vojsku,” meaning “They strengthened the army,” and in a noun phrase such as “okrepili vojnici,” meaning “the strengthened soldiers.”

Etymology and morphology: the word is built from the root krep- meaning strength, with the prefixed form o- contributing to its aspect and meaning. It has cognates across South Slavic languages and parallels in related terms for strengthening or reinforcing. As a perfective verb, okrepiti and its past forms appear in narrative pasts and in descriptive phrases describing results of strengthening efforts, whether in defense, training, or policy.

In usage, okrepili may appear in historical, military, or figurative contexts, reflecting actions that increase resilience or capacity. The form is part of a broader verbal system where past tense and participial functions intersect, with regional variations in agreement and auxiliary construction.