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dobrat

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Czech

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Etymology

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From do- +‎ brát (“to take”), which comes from Proto-Slavic *bъrati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“carry”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdobrat]
  • Hyphenation: dob‧rat

Verb

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dobrat pf (imperfective dobírat)

  1. (transitive) to use up
  2. (transitive) to finish taking
  3. (reflexive with se) to find out, to ascertain
  4. (reflexive with se) to arrive

Conjugation

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Conjugation of dobrat
infinitive dobrat, dobrati active adjective dobravší
verbal noun — passive adjective —
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person doberu dobereme — doberme
2nd person dobereš doberete dober doberte
3rd person dobere doberou — —

The verb dobrat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate dobral dobrali dobrán dobráni
masculine inanimate dobraly dobrány
feminine dobrala dobrána
neuter dobralo dobrala dobráno dobrána
transgressives present past
masculine singular — dobrav
feminine + neuter singular — dobravši
plural — dobravše

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “use up, finish taking, arrive”): odebrat
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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “brát”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 96

Further reading

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  • “dobrati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “dobrati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “dobrat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
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