dobiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǒbiti/
  • Hyphenation: do‧bi‧ti

Verb

dòbiti pf (Cyrillic spelling до̀бити)

  1. (transitive) to receive, get, obtain, acquire
  2. (transitive) to win (game, prize, suit)
  3. (transitive) to gain (time, weight, importance, magnitude etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dobiti
infinitive dobiti
present verbal adverb
past verbal adverb dȍbīvši
verbal noun
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present dobijem dobiješ dobije dobijemo dobijete dobiju
future future I dobit ću1
dobiću
dobit ćeš1
dobićeš
dobit će1
dobiće
dobit ćemo1
dobićemo
dobit ćete1
dobićete
dobit ćē1
dobiće
future II bȕdēm dobio2 bȕdēš dobio2 bȕdē dobio2 bȕdēmo dobili2 bȕdēte dobili2 bȕdū dobili2
past perfect dobio sam2 dobio si2 dobio je2 dobili smo2 dobili ste2 dobili su2
pluperfect3 bȉo sam dobio2 bȉo si dobio2 bȉo je dobio2 bíli smo dobili2 bíli ste dobili2 bíli su dobili2
aorist dobih dobi dobi dobismo dobiste dobiše
conditional conditional I dobio bih2 dobio bi2 dobio bi2 dobili bismo2 dobili biste2 dobili bi2
conditional II4 bȉo bih dobio2 bȉo bi dobio2 bȉo bi dobio2 bíli bismo dobili2 bíli biste dobili2 bíli bi dobili2
imperative dobij dobijmo dobijte
active past participle dobio m / dobila f / dobilo n dobili m / dobile f / dobila n
passive past participle dobiven m / dobivena f / dobiveno n dobiveni m / dobivene f / dobivena n

1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Antonyms
Derived terms

Further reading

  • dobiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dobiti (Cyrillic spelling добити)

  1. inflection of dobit:
    1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative/instrumental singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔbìːti/, /dɔbíːti/

Verb

dobīti pf

  1. (transitive) to receive, get, obtain, acquire
    dobiti pismoto receive a letter
    dobiti nagradoto get a prize
    dobiti vročinoto get high temperature
    dobiti jih po grbito get a roasting

Conjugation

-iti -im (AP c)
infinitive dobīti
1st singular dobím
infinitive dobīti dobȋt, dobȉt
supine
verbal noun
participle converb
present
past dobljȅn dobȋvši
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular dobȋł, dọ̑bił dobíla dobȋlo
dual dobȋla dobȋli dobȋli
plural dobȋli dobȋle dobȋla
present imperative
1st singular dobím
2nd singular dobíš dóbi
3rd singular dobí
1st dual dobíva dobȋva
2nd dual dobíta dobȋta
3rd dual dobíta
1st plural dobímo dobȋmo
2nd plural dobíte dobȋte
3rd plural dobíjo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • dobiti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025