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Czech
Etymology
From do- + brát (“to take”), which comes from Proto-Slavic *bъrati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“carry”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: dob‧rat
Verb
dobrat pf (imperfective dobírat)
- (transitive) to use up
- (transitive) to finish taking
- (reflexive with se) to find out, to ascertain
- (reflexive with se) to arrive
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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dobrat, dobrati
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Active adjective
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dobravší
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| Verbal noun
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—
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The verb dobrat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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— |
dobrav
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| feminine + neuter singular
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— |
dobravši
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| plural
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— |
dobravše
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “use up, finish taking, arrive”): odebrat
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “brát”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 96
Further reading
- “dobrati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dobrati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dobrat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)