obrat

See also: обрат

Catalan

Pronunciation

Participle

obrat (feminine obrada, masculine plural obrats, feminine plural obrades)

  1. past participle of obrar

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈobrat]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech obrat, from Proto-Slavic *obortъ. The stem of the expression comes from Proto-Slavic *vortiti, which is a causative to *vъrtěti (see Czech vrtět), which referred to something turning. This comes from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate).[1][2][3]

Noun

obrat m inan

  1. turn (change of direction or orientation)
    • 2012, Vladimír Pilát (tr.), Šokující vítězství[1], Praha: Fortuna, translation of Verblüffende Siege by Hans-Dieter Otto, →ISBN, page 93:
      Přibližně v 10.30 hodin udělala celá sestava před nepřátelským pravým křídlem rychlý a přesný obrat vpravo a zamířila k jihu.
      Approximately at 10.30 the whole order made a quick and precise turn to the right in front of the enemy's right wing and aimed to the south.
  2. backflip, U-turn (change in policy or opinion)
  3. turning point
    • 1995, Josef Harna, Dějiny českých zemí[2], volume 2, Praha: Fortuna, page 194:
      Rok 1943 znamenal obrat ve válce.
      The year 1943 was a turning point in the war.
  4. phrase (short written or spoken expression)
  5. (finance) turnover
    • 2009, Lenka Fojtíková, Zahraničně obchodní politika ČR: historie a současnost (1945–2008)[3], Praha: C. H. Beck, →ISBN, page 88:
      Největší obrat dosahovalo Československo v letech 1970–1990 v obchodě s Evropských hospodářským společenstvím.
      Czechoslovakia reached the highest turnover in the trade with European Economic Community in 1970–1990.
Declension

Further reading

Etymology 2

From ob- +‎ brát, from Proto-Slavic *bьrati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (carry).[4]

Verb

obrat pf (imperfective obírat)

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Conjugation
Conjugation of obrat
infinitive obrat, obrati active adjective obravší


verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person oberu obereme oberme
2nd person obereš oberete ober oberte
3rd person obere oberou

The verb obrat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate obral obrali obrán obráni
masculine inanimate obraly obrány
feminine obrala obrána
neuter obralo obrala obráno obrána
transgressives present past
masculine singular obrav
feminine + neuter singular obravši
plural obravše

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “obrátit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 464
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ob”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 461
  3. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “vrátit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 789
  4. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “brát”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 96

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obortъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ôbraːt/
  • Hyphenation: o‧brat

Noun

ȍbrāt m inan (Cyrillic spelling о̏бра̄т)

  1. reversal, turning point

Declension

Declension of obrat
singular plural
nominative obrat obrati
genitive obrata obrata
dative obratu obratima
accusative obrat obrate
vocative obrate obrati
locative obratu obratima
instrumental obratom obratima

Further reading

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