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