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

• izgubiti

Derived terms

• predòbiti
• pridòbiti
• zadòbiti

Related terms

• dobívati impf

Further reading

• “dobiti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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 pismo ― to receive a letter

   dobiti nagrado ― to get a prize

   dobiti vročino ― to get high temperature

   dobiti jih po grbi ― to 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

• dobívati
• pridobīti
• zadobīti
• dobavnica

Further reading

• “dobiti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026