пробовац

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak probovať. By surface analysis, проба (proba) +‎ -овац (-ovac). Cognates include Polish próbować, Russian про́бовать (próbovatʹ) and Ukrainian про́бувати (próbuvaty).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prɔˈbɔvat͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Hyphenation: про‧бо‧вац

Verb

пробовац (probovacimpf (perfective спробовац or попробовац or випробовац)

  1. (intransitive) to try, to attempt
  2. (transitive) to try, to test
    пробовац шматуprobovac šmatuto try on clothes
  3. (transitive) to taste, to sample
    Synonym: коштовац (koštovac)
  4. (transitive) to examine, to test
    Synonyms: випитовац (vipitovac), преверйовац (preverjovac)

Usage notes

  • Different senses of the verb take different corresponding perfective forms.
    • Sense 1 takes the perfective form спробовац (sprobovac);
    • Sense 2 попробовац (poprobovac) or випробовац (viprobovac);
    • Sense 3 попробовац (poprobovac);
    • And sense 4 випробовац (viprobovac).

Conjugation

Derived terms

adjectives
  • випробовани (viprobovani)
nouns
  • випробованосц f (viprobovanosc)
  • пробованє n (probovanje)
verbs
  • випробовац pf (viprobovac)
  • опробовац pf (oprobovac)
  • попробовац pf (poprobovac)
nouns

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