From do- + brát ( “ to take ” ) , which comes from Proto-Slavic *bъrati , from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ( “ carry ” ) .[ 1]
IPA (key ) : [ˈdobrat]
Hyphenation: dob‧rat
dobrat pf (imperfective dobírat )
( transitive ) to use up
( transitive ) to finish taking
( reflexive with se ) to find out , to ascertain
( reflexive with se ) to arrive
Conjugation
Infinitive
dobrat , dobrati
Active adjective
dobravší
Verbal noun
—
Passive adjective
—
The verb dobrat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
Transgressives
present
past
masculine singular
—
dobrav
feminine + neuter singular
—
dobravši
plural
—
dobravše
( antonym(s) of “ use up, finish taking, arrive ” ) : odebrat
^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015 ) “brát”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary ] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN , page 96
“dobrati ”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
“dobrati ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“dobrat ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)