babrať

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babrati. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbabrac]

Verb

babrať impf

  1. (colloquial, transitive) to dirty, to soil
    Synonym: špiniť
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to touch
    Synonym: chytať
  3. (reflexive) to dabble (to rummage in dirty in a sticky liquid) [with v čom (+ locative) ‘in what’]
  4. (reflexive) to dawdle (to do some job for a long time and often incorrectly) [with v čom (+ locative) or s čím (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]
    Synonyms: paprať sa, piplať sa, prplať sa, šušmať sa

Conjugation

Conjugation of babrať (imperfective; class IV, pattern česať)
infinitive babrať
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
presentbabrem babreš babre babreme babrete babrú
past masculine babral som babral si babral babrali sme babrali ste babrali
feminine babrala som babrala si babrala
neuter babralo som babralo si babralo
past perfect masculine bol som babral bol si babral bol babral boli sme babrali boli ste babrali boli babrali
feminine bola som babrala bola si babrala bola babrala
neuter bolo som babralo bolo si babralo bolo babralo
futurebudem babrať budeš babrať bude babrať budeme babrať budete babrať budú babrať
conditional singular plural
first second third first second third
present masculine babral by som babral by si babral by babrali by sme babrali by ste babrali by
feminine babrala by som babrala by si babrala by
neuter babralo by som babralo by si babralo by
past masculine bol by som babral bol by si babral bol by babral boli by sme babrali boli by ste babrali boli by babrali
feminine bola by som babrala bola by si babrala bola by babrala
neuter bolo by som babralo bolo by si babralo bolo by babralo
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
present— babri — babrime babrite —
non-finite forms participles transgressive verbal noun
present active past active passive l-participle
babrúci — babraný babral, babrala, babralo, babrali babrúc babranie

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “babrať”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 57

Further reading

  • “babrať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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