oteti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otęti, from *o(d) (whence o, od-) + *jęti (compare ìmati ‎(“to have”)).

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: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		otmem	otmeš	otme	otmemo	otmete	otmu
Future	Future I	otet ću2 oteću	otet ćeš2 otećeš	otet će2 oteće	otet ćemo2 otećemo	otet ćete2 otećete	otet će2 oteće
	Future II	budem oteo1	budeš oteo1	bude oteo1	budemo oteli1	budete oteli1	budu oteli1
Past	Perfect	oteo sam1	oteo si1	oteo je1	oteli smo1	oteli ste1	oteli su1
	Pluperfect	bio sam oteo1	bio si oteo1	bio je oteo1	bili smo oteli1	bili ste oteli1	bili su oteli1
	Aorist	oteh	ote	ote	otesmo	oteste	oteše
Conditional I		oteo bih1	oteo bi1	oteo bi1	oteli bismo1	oteli biste1	oteli bi1
Conditional II		bio bih oteo1	bio bi oteo1	bio bi oteo1	bili bismo oteli1	bili biste oteli1	bili bi oteli1
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   For the masculine; agent of feminine or neuter gender would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and the auxiliary verb, respectively. 2   Standard Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.

Derived terms

• preòtēti

Related terms

• òtimati impf