имати

Old Church Slavonic

имати

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

Verb

имати • (imati) impf

1. to have
   • John 8:24, from Codex Marianus, 4082400-4082420:

     аште бо вѣрꙑ не емлете ѣко азъ есмъ · ꙋмьрете въ грѣсѣхъ вашихъ ·

     ašte bo věry ne emlete jěko azŭ esmŭ · umĭrete vŭ grěsěxŭ vašixŭ ·

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to take
   • lines 154-156, from the Primary Chronicle:

     и побѣгоша людьє изъ града. и повелѣ ѡльга воємъ своимъ имати є, ꙗко взѧ градъ и пожьже и.

     i poběgoša ljudĭje izŭ grada. i povelě olĭga vojemŭ svoimŭ imati e, jako vzę gradŭ i požĭže i.

     And all the people fled from the city. Olga commanded her soldiers to capture them, as she took the city and set it ablaze.

3. to acquire

Conjugation

Present tense of имати

singular						dual						plural
азъ (azŭ)		тꙑ (ty)		тъ (tŭ)		вѣ (vě)		ва (va)		та (ta)		мꙑ (my)		вꙑ (vy)		ти (ti)
емлѭ (emljǫ)		емлѥши (emlješi)		емлѥтъ (emljetŭ)		емлѥвѣ (emljevě)		емлѥта (emljeta)		емлѥте (emljete)		емлѥмъ (emljemŭ)		емлѥте (emljete)		емлѫтъ (emlǫtŭ)

Alternative:

Present tense of имати

singular						dual						plural
азъ (azŭ)		тꙑ (ty)		тъ (tŭ)		вѣ (vě)		ва (va)		та (ta)		мꙑ (my)		вꙑ (vy)		ти (ti)
ѥмлѭ (jemljǫ)		ѥмлѥши (jemlješi)		ѥмлѥтъ (jemljetŭ)		ѥмлѥвѣ (jemljevě)		ѥмлѥта (jemljeta)		ѥмлѥте (jemljete)		ѥмлѥмъ (jemljemŭ)		ѥмлѥте (jemljete)		ѥмлѫтъ (jemlǫtŭ)

Alternative:

Present tense of имати

singular						dual						plural
азъ (azŭ)		тꙑ (ty)		тъ (tŭ)		вѣ (vě)		ва (va)		та (ta)		мꙑ (my)		вꙑ (vy)		ти (ti)
имаѭ (imajǫ)		имаѥши (imaješi)		имаѥтъ (imajetŭ)		имаѥвѣ (imajevě)		имаѥта (imajeta)		имаѥте (imajete)		имаѥмъ (imajemŭ)		имаѥте (imajete)		имаѫтъ (imaǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• възимати (vŭzimati)
• вънимати (vŭnimati)
• въсприимати (vŭspriimati)
• заимати (zaimati)
• изимати (izimati)
• обимати (obimati)
• отъимати (otŷimati)
• подъимати (podŷimati)
• поимати (poimati)
• приимати (priimati)
• прѣимати (prěimati)
• сънимати (sŭnimati)
• оуимати (uimati)

Related terms

• имѣти (iměti)
• ѩти (jęti)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София
• Old Russian: Base Form Dictionary

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 259
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “имати”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎^[2], volume 1, Prague: Euroslavica, page 765

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• imeti (Kajkavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐmati/
• Hyphenation: и‧ма‧ти

Verb

ѝмати impf (Latin spelling ìmati)

1. (ambitransitive) to have, possess, own

   имати среће ― to be lucky, to have luck

   имати времена ― to have time

   имати новаца ― to have money

   имати прехладу ― to have a cold

   имати обичај да.. ― to have a habit/custom to..

   имати на уму ― to have in mind, to keep in mind

   имати у виду ― to keep in mind

   имати на памети ― to keep in mind

   имати против ― to object to

   она има 19 година. ― She is 19 years old.

   имаш право. ― You are right./You are correct.

2. (transitive) to be, be located (in past and future tenses usually replaced by би̏ти (“to be, exist”)

   има ли шећера? ― Is there any sugar?

   има ли кога? ― Is there anyone in?

   има ли црвених аута на паркиралишту? ― Are there any red cars in the parking lot?

   на зиду имају двије слике. ― There are two paintings on the wall.

   што има за вечеру? ― What is there for supper?

   има отад пет година. ― Five years have passed since then./It has been five years since then.

3. (intransitive, with да) to have to, be obliged to

   има(ш) да му поштено платиш. ― You have to pay him fairly.

   има(ју) да раде ц(иј)ели дан. ― They have to work the whole day.

4. (transitive) to wear, have on

   имала је црвени шеширић. ― She had a red bonnet on.

Conjugation

Conjugation of имати

infinitive		имати
present verbal adverb		ѝмајӯћи
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		ѝма̄ње
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		имам	имаш	има	имамо	имате	имају
future	future I	имат ћу1 имаћу	имат ћеш1 имаћеш	имат ће1 имаће	имат ћемо1 имаћемо	имат ћете1 имаћете	имат ћē1 имаће
	future II	бу̏де̄м имао2	бу̏де̄ш имао2	бу̏де̄ имао2	бу̏де̄мо имали2	бу̏де̄те имали2	бу̏дӯ имали2
past	perfect	имао сам2	имао си2	имао је2	имали смо2	имали сте2	имали су2
	pluperfect3	би̏о сам имао2	би̏о си имао2	би̏о је имао2	би́ли смо имали2	би́ли сте имали2	би́ли су имали2
	imperfect	имах	имаше	имаше	имасмо	имасте	имаху
conditional	conditional I	имао бих2	имао би2	имао би2	имали бисмо2	имали бисте2	имали би2
	conditional II4	би̏о бих имао2	би̏о би имао2	би̏о би имао2	би́ли бисмо имали2	би́ли бисте имали2	би́ли би имали2
imperative		—	имај	—	имајмо	имајте	—
active past participle		имао m / имала f / имало n			имали m / имале f / имала 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.

Antonyms

• не́мати

Derived terms

• за̀имати
• по̀имати
• сни́мати
• у̀имати

References

• “имати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025