dobrat

Czech

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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
Conjugation
Infinitive dobrat, dobrati Active adjective dobravší
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person doberudobereme—doberme
2nd person doberešdoberetedoberdoberte
3rd person doberedoberou——
The verb dobrat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate dobraldobralidobrándobráni
masculine inanimate dobralydobrány
feminine dobraladobrána
neuter dobralodobraladobránodobrána
Transgressives present past
masculine singular —dobrav
feminine + neuter singular —dobravši
plural —dobravše

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

References
  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
  • dobrati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dobrati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • dobrat in Internetová jazyková příručka
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