хватати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *хvаtаti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xʋâtati/
  • Hyphenation: хва‧та‧ти

Verb

хва̏тати impf (Latin spelling hvȁtati)

  1. (transitive) to grab, seize, take hold of
  2. (transitive) to catch
  3. (intransitive) to overcome, strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of хватати
infinitive хватати
present verbal adverb хва̏тајӯћи
past verbal adverb
verbal noun хва̏та̄ње
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present хватам хваташ хвата хватамо хватате хватају
future future I хватат ћу1
хватаћу
хватат ћеш1
хватаћеш
хватат ће1
хватаће
хватат ћемо1
хватаћемо
хватат ћете1
хватаћете
хватат ћē1
хватаће
future II бу̏де̄м хватао2 бу̏де̄ш хватао2 бу̏де̄ хватао2 бу̏де̄мо хватали2 бу̏де̄те хватали2 бу̏дӯ хватали2
past perfect хватао сам2 хватао си2 хватао је2 хватали смо2 хватали сте2 хватали су2
pluperfect3 би̏о сам хватао2 би̏о си хватао2 би̏о је хватао2 би́ли смо хватали2 би́ли сте хватали2 би́ли су хватали2
imperfect хватах хваташе хваташе хватасмо хватасте хватаху
conditional conditional I хватао бих2 хватао би2 хватао би2 хватали бисмо2 хватали бисте2 хватали би2
conditional II4 би̏о бих хватао2 би̏о би хватао2 би̏о би хватао2 би́ли бисмо хватали2 би́ли бисте хватали2 би́ли би хватали2
imperative хватај хватајмо хватајте
active past participle хватао m / хватала f / хватало n хватали m / хватале f / хватала n
passive past participle хватан m / хватана f / хватано n хватани m / хватане f / хватана 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

Further reading

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian хвата́ти (xvatáti), from Old East Slavic хватати (xvatati), from Proto-Slavic *xvatati. Cognate with Belarusian хвата́ць (xvatácʹ), Russian хвата́ть (xvatátʹ), Bulgarian хващам (hvaštam), Macedonian фаќа (faḱa), Serbo-Croatian хва̏тати, Czech chvátat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xʋɐˈtate]
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Verb

хвата́ти • (xvatátyimpf (perfective хвати́ти)

  1. to grab, to grasp, to seize, to snatch
    Synonym: хапа́ти (xapáty)
  2. (colloquial, proscribed) to be enough, to suffice
    Synonyms: стача́ти (stačáty), вистача́ти (vystačáty)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • хвата́тися impf (xvatátysja)
Prefixed verbs
  • захвата́ти impf (zaxvatáty)
  • нахвата́ти impf (naxvatáty)
  • похвата́ти impf (poxvatáty)
  • розхвата́ти impf (rozxvatáty)

References