Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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po- +‎ hȉtati.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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