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бавити

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baviti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bâʋiti/
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ви‧ти

Verb

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ба̏вити impf (Latin spelling bȁviti)

  1. (reflexive, with instrumental) to attend, engage in, go in for, occupy oneself with
    Бави се јогом.He goes in for yoga.
    Чим се бавите?What do you do (for a job)?
    Бавим се продајом књига.I sell books. (as a job)
  2. (reflexive, with с + instrumental) to deal with

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • бавити”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian ба́вити (báviti), the sense "to entertain" is probably a semantic loan from Middle Polish bawić; from Old East Slavic бавити (baviti); from Proto-Slavic *baviti. Formally, a causative of бу́ти (búty).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbaʋete]
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Verb

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ба́вити (bávytyimpf

  1. (transitive) to entertain, to amuse
    Synonyms: розважа́ти (rozvažáty), забавля́ти (zabavljáty), весели́ти (veselýty), потіша́ти (potišáty), ті́шити (tíšyty)
  2. (transitive, uncommon) to babysit, to look after (children)
    Synonyms: догляда́ти (dohljadáty), ня́ньчити (njánʹčyty), нагляда́ти (nahljadáty), сиді́ти (sydíty), диви́тися (dyvýtysja)
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to detain, to stop, to keep (someone)
    Synonyms: затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty), заде́ржувати (zadéržuvaty), бари́ти (barýty), га́яти (hájaty)
  4. (intransitive, dialectal) to linger, to tarry, to loiter
    Synonyms: затри́муватися (zatrýmuvatysja), заде́ржуватися (zadéržuvatysja), бари́тися (barýtysja), га́ятися (hájatysja)

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