набрати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

на- +‎ бора, борати. The "to gather, collect" meaning is from reanalysis, as if на- +‎ брати.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nǎbrati/
• Hyphenation: на‧бра‧ти

Verb

на̀брати pf (Latin spelling nàbrati)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to crease, wrinkle
2. (transitive, reflexive) to pleat, fold
3. (transitive, reflexive) to gather, collect

Conjugation

Conjugation of набрати

Infinitive: набрати		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: на̀бра̄вши		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		наберем	набереш	набере	наберемо	наберете	наберу
Future	Future I	набрат ћу1 набраћу	набрат ћеш1 набраћеш	набрат ће1 набраће	набрат ћемо1 набраћемо	набрат ћете1 набраћете	набрат ће1 набраће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м набрао2	бу̏де̄ш набрао2	бу̏де̄ набрао2	бу̏де̄мо набрали2	бу̏де̄те набрали2	бу̏дӯ набрали2
Past	Perfect	набрао сам2	набрао си2	набрао је2	набрали смо2	набрали сте2	набрали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам набрао2	би̏о си набрао2	би̏о је набрао2	би́ли смо набрали2	би́ли сте набрали2	би́ли су набрали2
	Aorist	набрах	набра	набра	набрасмо	набрасте	набраше
Conditional I		набрао бих2	набрао би2	набрао би2	набрали бисмо2	набрали бисте2	набрали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих набрао2	би̏о би набрао2	би̏о би набрао2	би́ли бисмо набрали2	би́ли бисте набрали2	би́ли би набрали2
Imperative		—	набери	—	наберимо	наберите	—
Active past participle		набрао m / набрала f / набрало n			набрали m / набрале f / набрала n
Passive past participle		набран m / набрана f / набрано n			набрани m / набране f / набрана 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.

Related terms

• на̀бирати impf

References

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

From на- (na-) +‎ бра́ти (bráty). Compare Russian набра́ть (nabrátʹ), Belarusian набра́ць (nabrácʹ), Polish nabrać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈbrate]

• Audio:

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Verb

набра́ти • (nabráty) pf (imperfective набира́ти) (transitive)

1. to collect, to gather

   піди набери води з колодязю будь ласка ― pidy nabery vody z kolodjazju budʹ laska ― go get some water from the well please

2. to take in, to take on (absorb)
3. to take on (:project, responsibility, task, work, etc.)
4. to gain (gradually build up a quantity of; increase)

   Нати́сніть лайк до цьо́го ві́део, щоб воно́ набра́ло якомо́га бі́льше пере́глядів.

   Natýsnitʹ lajk do cʹóho vídeo, ščob vonó nabrálo jakomóha bílʹše peréhljadiv.

   Click like on this video so that it gains as many views as possible.

5. to recruit, to take on (:somebody)

   Synonyms: найня́ти pf (najnjáty), завербува́ти pf (zaverbuváty)

6. to compose (make something by merging parts)

   Synonym: скла́сти pf (sklásty)

7. (typography) to typeset

   Synonym: скла́сти pf (sklásty)

8. (computing) to type, to key in
9. (telephony) to dial
10. to gain, to pick up (:intensity, momentum, speed, etc.)
11. to acquire, to assume, to take on (:appearance, feature, quality, etc.)

    Synonym: набу́ти pf (nabúty)

Conjugation

Conjugation of набра́ти, набра́ть (class 6°b, perfective, transitive, irregular)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	набра́ти, набра́ть nabráty, nabrátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	на́браний nábranyj impersonal: на́брано nábrano
adverbial	—	набра́вши nabrávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	наберу́ naberú
2nd singular ти	—	набере́ш naberéš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	набере́ naberé
1st plural ми	—	набере́м, наберемо́ naberém, naberemó
2nd plural ви	—	наберете́ nabereté
3rd plural вони	—	наберу́ть naberútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	набері́м, набері́мо naberím, naberímo
second-person	набери́ naberý	набері́ть naberítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	набра́в nabráv	набра́ли nabrály
feminine я / ти / вона	набра́ла nabrála
neuter воно	набра́ло nabrálo

Derived terms

• набі́р m (nabír)
• набрання́ n (nabrannjá)
• набра́тися pf (nabrátysja)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “набрати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2018), “набрати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 9 (міщани́н – насту́кувати), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “набрати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “набрати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “набрати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “набрати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “набрати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)