пробити
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
про̀бити pf (Latin spelling pròbiti)
- (transitive) to break through, breach, penetrate
- (intransitive) to go through, emerge
- (reflexive) to get through, get ahead
Conjugation
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
- проби́јати impf
Further reading
- “пробити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology
From про- (pro-) + би́ти (býty). Compare Russian проби́ть (probítʹ), Belarusian прабі́ць (prabícʹ), Polish przebić.
Pronunciation
Verb
проби́ти • (probýty) pf (imperfective пробива́ти) (transitive)
- to break through, to punch through, to smash through
- Synonym: проломи́ти pf (prolomýty)
- to breach, to penetrate, to pierce, to puncture
- Synonym: продіря́вити pf (prodirjávyty)
- to punch (:ticket)
- проби́ти квито́к ― probýty kvytók ― to punch a ticket
- to punch (:hole)
- проби́ти о́твір ― probýty ótvir ― to punch a hole
- to break, to make (:path, road, way)
- проби́ти шлях ― probýty šljax ― to break a path
Conjugation
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | проби́ти, проби́ть probýty, probýtʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | — |
| passive | — | проби́тий probýtyj impersonal: проби́то probýto |
| adverbial | — | проби́вши probývšy |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular я |
— | проб'ю́ probʺjú |
| 2nd singular ти |
— | проб'є́ш probʺjéš |
| 3rd singular він / вона / воно |
— | проб'є́ probʺjé |
| 1st plural ми |
— | проб'є́м, проб'ємо́ probʺjém, probʺjemó |
| 2nd plural ви |
— | проб'єте́ probʺjeté |
| 3rd plural вони |
— | проб'ю́ть probʺjútʹ |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| first-person | — | проби́ймо probýjmo |
| second-person | проби́й probýj |
проби́йте probýjte |
| past tense | singular | plural ми / ви / вони |
| masculine я / ти / він |
проби́в probýv |
проби́ли probýly |
| feminine я / ти / вона |
проби́ла probýla | |
| neuter воно |
проби́ло probýlo | |
Derived terms
- проби́тися pf (probýtysja)
- пробиття́ n (probyttjá)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пробити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “пробити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пробити”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “пробити”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “пробити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “пробити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)