pohitati

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

po- +‎ hȉtati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒxitati/
• Hyphenation: po‧hi‧ta‧ti

Verb

pòhitati impf or pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀хитати)

1. (perfective, intransitive) to hurry, to hasten
2. (perfective, transitive) to take captive, to seize (someone)
3. (perfective, transitive, regional) to toss, to throw
4. (imperfective, intransitive) to reach (+ za: for), to grab (+ za: for)
5. (imperfective, transitive) to take, to seize

References

• “pohitati”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• Tomislav Maretić, editor (1928–1931), “pòhitati”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 10, Zagreb: JAZU, page 440