забрати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From за- (za-) +‎ бра́ти (bráty). Compare Russian забра́ть (zabrátʹ), Belarusian забра́ць (zabrácʹ), Polish zabrać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɐˈbrate]

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Verb

забра́ти • (zabráty) pf (imperfective забира́ти) (transitive)

1. to take (to get into one's hands, possession or control)
2. to take (to escort or conduct a person)
3. to collect, to pick up (:passenger, goods)
4. to take away, to remove, to withdraw
5. to take, to claim (:life)

   Тера́кт забра́в життя́ трьох люде́й.

   Terákt zabráv žyttjá trʹox ljudéj.

   A terrorist act claimed the lives of three people.

6. to take, to occupy (to seize or capture)
7. (colloquial) to take away (to make someone leave a place and go somewhere else, usually not with the person's consent)
   1. (colloquial) to arrest, to detain

      Synonyms: заарештува́ти pf (zaareštuváty, “to arrest”), затри́мати pf (zatrýmaty, “to detain”)

8. (colloquial) to take hold (of a feeling, condition: to take root, become established)
9. (figuratively) to take, to take up (:time, energy, etc.)
10. to bear (to be, or head, in a specific direction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of забра́ти, забра́ть (class 6°b, perfective, transitive, irregular)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

perfective aspect
infinitive	забра́ти, забра́ть zabráty, zabrátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	за́браний zábranyj impersonal: за́брано zábrano
adverbial	—	забра́вши zabrávšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	заберу́ zaberú
2nd singular ти	—	забере́ш zaberéš
3rd singular він / вона / воно	—	забере́ zaberé
1st plural ми	—	забере́м, заберемо́ zaberém, zaberemó
2nd plural ви	—	заберете́ zabereté
3rd plural вони	—	заберу́ть zaberútʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	забері́м, забері́мо zaberím, zaberímo
second-person	забери́ zaberý	забері́ть zaberítʹ
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	забра́в zabráv	забра́ли zabrály
feminine я / ти / вона	забра́ла zabrála
neuter воно	забра́ло zabrálo

Derived terms

• забра́тися pf (zabrátysja)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “забрати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “забрати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “забрати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “забрати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “забрати”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “забрати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “забрати”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)