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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From на- + бити.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nǎbiti/
- Hyphenation: на‧би‧ти
Verb
на̀бити pf (Latin spelling nàbiti)
- (transitive) to cram, stuff, jam, pack compactly
- (transitive) to impale, stick, skewer
- nabiti na kolac ― impaled on a stake
- (transitive) to load, charge (weapon)
- (transitive) to kick, punt (ball in sports)
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.
Further reading
- “набити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Ukrainian
Etymology
From на- (na-) + би́ти (býty). Compare Russian наби́ть (nabítʹ), Belarusian набі́ць (nabícʹ), Polish nabić.
Pronunciation
Verb
наби́ти • (nabýty) pf (imperfective набива́ти) (transitive)
- to stuff, to pack (to fill by packing or crowding; to fill closely or to repletion)
наби́ти лю́льку тютюно́м- nabýty ljúlʹku tjutjunóm
- to stuff/fill a pipe with tobacco
наби́ти (кому́сь/собі́) го́лову (+instrumental, figuratively)- nabýty (komúsʹ/sobí) hólovu
- to stuff (someone's/one's) head (with something)
наби́ти пи́ху́ (кому́сь)- nabýty pýxú (komúsʹ)
- to make (someone) puffed up with conceit
наби́ти собі́ ці́ну- nabýty sobí cínu
- to enhance one's reputation; make oneself sought after
- to beat up (to cause injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up)
наби́ти но́ги- nabýty nóhy
- to wear out one's legs/feet
наби́ти ру́ку на/в (+locative)- nabýty rúku na/v
- to become a dab hand at
- to load (to fill with munition: weapon)
- Synonym: заряди́ти pf (zarjadýty)
- to beat (on/onto) (to apply to a surface with force)
наби́ти обручі́ на бо́чку- nabýty obručí na bóčku
- to bind a cask with hoops
наби́ти оско́му- nabýty oskómu
- to bore, to leave with a jaded feeling
- to kill, to slaughter (in large numbers)
Conjugation
Conjugation of наби́ти, наби́ть (class 11b, perfective, transitive)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1974), “набити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (Н – О), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 15
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “набити”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “набити”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “набити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “набити”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)