потребовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak potrebovať, from Proto-Slavic *poterbovati. By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ требовац (trebovac) or потреба (potreba) +‎ -овац (-ovac). Cognates include Belarusian патрабава́ць (patrabavácʹ), Czech potřebovat, Polish potrzebować, Russian потре́бовать (potrébovatʹ), Serbo-Croatian потребовати／potrebovati, Slovak potrebovať and Ukrainian потребува́ти (potrebuváty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔtrɛˈbɔvat͡s]
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
• Hyphenation: по‧тре‧бо‧вац

Verb

потребовац (potrebovac) impf or pf

1. (intransitive) to need, to want [with accusative or infinitive]

   даєдни рошлїни потребую вельо води ― dajedni rošljini potrebuju velʹo vodi ― some plants need a lot of water

2. (intransitive) to require [with accusative]

   тема драми потребовала лєпши розробок ― tema drami potrebovala ljepši rozrobok ― the theme of the play required better elaboration

Derived terms

adjectives

• потребуюци (potrebujuci)

 

Related terms

adjectives

• потребни (potrebni)

 

nouns

• потреба f (potreba)

 

verbs

• требац impf (trebac)
• требовац impf (trebovac)

 

Further reading

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “потребовац”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “need”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 187