oteti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otęti, from *o(t) (whence o, od-) + *ęti (compare ìmati (“to have”)). Compare Old Czech otieti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒteːti/
• Hyphenation: o‧te‧ti

Verb

òtēti pf (Cyrillic spelling о̀те̄ти)

1. (transitive) to kidnap
2. (transitive) to hijack (forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination)
3. (reflexive) to free oneself from (especially of impression)

Conjugation

Conjugation of oteti

infinitive		oteti
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		otēvši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		otmem	otmeš	otme	otmemo	otmete	otmu
future	future I	otet ću1 oteću	otet ćeš1 otećeš	otet će1 oteće	otet ćemo1 otećemo	otet ćete1 otećete	otet ćē1 oteće
	future II	bȕdēm oteo2	bȕdēš oteo2	bȕdē oteo2	bȕdēmo oteli2	bȕdēte oteli2	bȕdū oteli2
past	perfect	oteo sam2	oteo si2	oteo je2	oteli smo2	oteli ste2	oteli su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam oteo2	bȉo si oteo2	bȉo je oteo2	bíli smo oteli2	bíli ste oteli2	bíli su oteli2
	aorist	oteh	ote	ote	otesmo	oteste	oteše
conditional	conditional I	oteo bih2	oteo bi2	oteo bi2	oteli bismo2	oteli biste2	oteli bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih oteo2	bȉo bi oteo2	bȉo bi oteo2	bíli bismo oteli2	bíli biste oteli2	bíli bi oteli2
imperative		—	otmi	—	otmimo	otmite	—
active past participle		oteo m / otela f / otelo n			oteli m / otele f / otela n
passive past participle		otet m / oteta f / oteto n			oteti m / otete f / oteta 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.

Derived terms

• preòtēti

Related terms

• òtimati impf

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔtèːti/

Verb

otẹ́ti pf

1. to save, to protect
2. to take away (with force)

Conjugation

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em (AP c)
infinitive	otẹ́ti
1st singular	otmȅm
infinitive	otẹ́ti			otȅt, otẹ̑t
supine	otȅt, otẹ̑t
verbal noun	otẹ́tje
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	otẹ̑t			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	otẹ̑ł		otẹ́la		otẹ̑lo
dual	otẹ̑la		otẹ̑li		otẹ̑li
plural	otẹ̑li		otẹ̑le		otẹ̑la
	present			imperative
1st singular	otmȅm			—
2nd singular	otmȅš			otmȉ
3rd singular	otmȅ			—
1st dual	otméva			otmȋva
2nd dual	otméta			otmȋta
3rd dual	otméta			—
1st plural	otmémo			otmȋmo
2nd plural	otméte			otmȋte
3rd plural	otméjo			—

Further reading

• “oteti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “oteti”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references