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Pronunciation
Participle
obrat (feminine obrada, masculine plural obrats, feminine plural obrades)
- past participle of obrar
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech obrat, from Proto-Slavic *obortъ. The stem of the expression comes from Proto-Slavic *vortiti, which is a causative to *vъrtěti (see Czech vrtět), which referred to something turning. This comes from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“turn, rotate”).[1][2][3]
Noun
obrat m inan
- turn (change of direction or orientation)
2012, Vladimír Pilát (tr.), Šokující vítězství, Praha: Fortuna, translation of Verblüffende Siege by Hans-Dieter Otto, →ISBN, page 93:Přibližně v 10.30 hodin udělala celá sestava před nepřátelským pravým křídlem rychlý a přesný obrat vpravo a zamířila k jihu.- Approximately at 10.30 the whole order made a quick and precise turn to the right in front of the enemy's right wing and aimed to the south.
- backflip, U-turn (change in policy or opinion)
- turning point
1995, Josef Harna, Dějiny českých zemí, volume 2, Praha: Fortuna, page 194:Rok 1943 znamenal obrat ve válce.- The year 1943 was a turning point in the war.
- phrase (short written or spoken expression)
- (finance) turnover
2009, Lenka Fojtíková, Zahraničně obchodní politika ČR: historie a současnost (1945–2008), Praha: C. H. Beck, →ISBN, page 88:Největší obrat dosahovalo Československo v letech 1970–1990 v obchodě s Evropských hospodářským společenstvím.- Czechoslovakia reached the highest turnover in the trade with European Economic Community in 1970–1990.
Declension
Declension of obrat (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “obrat”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “obrat”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “obrat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Etymology 2
From ob- + brát, from Proto-Slavic *bьrati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“carry”).[4]
Verb
obrat pf (imperfective obírat)
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Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive
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obrat, obrati
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Active adjective
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obravší
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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 obrat 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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obrav
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feminine + neuter singular
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obravši
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plural
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obravše
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Further reading
- “obrati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “obrati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “obrat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “obrátit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 464
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ob”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 461
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “vrátit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 789
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “brát”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 96
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obortъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ôbraːt/
- Hyphenation: o‧brat
Noun
ȍbrāt m (Cyrillic spelling о̏бра̄т)
- reversal, turning point
Declension