oteti

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otęti, from *o(t) (whence o, od-) + *ęti (compare ìmati (“to have”)). Compare Old Czech otieti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒteːti/
  • Hyphenation: o‧te‧ti

Verb

òtēti pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀те̄ти)

  1. (transitive) to kidnap
  2. (transitive) to hijack (forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination)
  3. (reflexive) to free oneself from (especially of impression)

Conjugation

Conjugation of oteti
Infinitive: oteti Present verbal adverb: — Past verbal adverb: otēvši 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 otmem otmeš otme otmemo otmete otmu
Future Future I otet ću1
oteću 		otet ćeš1
otećeš 		otet će1
oteće 		otet ćemo1
otećemo 		otet ćete1
otećete 		otet će1
oteće
Future II bȕdēm oteo2 bȕdēš oteo2 bȕdē oteo2 bȕdēmo oteli2 bȕdēte oteli2 bȕdū oteli2
Past Perfect oteo sam2 oteo si2 oteo je2 oteli smo2 oteli ste2 oteli su2
Pluperfect3 bȉo sam oteo2 bȉo si oteo2 bȉo je oteo2 bíli smo oteli2 bíli ste oteli2 bíli su oteli2
Aorist oteh ote ote otesmo oteste oteše
Conditional I oteo bih2 oteo bi2 oteo bi2 oteli bismo2 oteli biste2 oteli bi2
Conditional II4 bȉo bih oteo2 bȉo bi oteo2 bȉo bi oteo2 bíli bismo oteli2 bíli biste oteli2 bíli bi oteli2
Imperative — otmi — otmimo otmite —
Active past participle oteo m / otela f / otelo n oteli m / otele f / otela n
Passive past participle otet m / oteta f / oteto n oteti m / otete f / oteta 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.

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Further reading

  • “oteti” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

otẹ́ti pf

  1. to save, to protect
  2. to take away (with force)

Inflection

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c)
infinitive otẹ́ti
1st singular otmȅm
infinitive otẹ́ti otȅt, otẹ̑t
supine otȅt, otẹ̑t
verbal noun otẹ́tje
participle converb
present — —
past otẹ̑t —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular otẹ̑ł otẹ́la otẹ̑lo
dual otẹ̑la otẹ̑li otẹ̑li
plural otẹ̑li otẹ̑le otẹ̑la
present imperative
1st singular otmȅm —
2nd singular otmȅš otmȉ
3rd singular otmȅ —
1st dual otméva otmȋva
2nd dual otméta otmȋta
3rd dual otméta —
1st plural otmémo otmȋmo
2nd plural otméte otmȋte
3rd plural otméjo —

Further reading

  • “oteti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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