babrať

Slovak

babrať impf

(colloquial, transitive) to dirty, to soil
Synonym: špiniť
(colloquial, transitive) to touch
Synonym: chytať
(reflexive) to dabble (to rummage in dirty in a sticky liquid) [with v čom (+ locative) ‘in what’]
(reflexive) to dawdle (to do some job for a long time and often incorrectly) [with v čom (+ locative) or s čím (+ instrumental) ‘with what’]
Synonyms: paprať sa, piplať sa, prplať sa, šušmať sa

Conjugation of babrať (imperfective; class IV, pattern česať)

indicative		singular			plural
infinitive			babrať
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		babrem	babreš	babre	babreme	babrete	babrú

past	masculine	babral som	babral si	babral	babrali sme	babrali ste	babrali
	feminine	babrala som	babrala si	babrala
	neuter	babralo som	babralo si	babralo

past perfect	masculine	bol som babral	bol si babral	bol babral	boli sme babrali	boli ste babrali	boli babrali
	feminine	bola som babrala	bola si babrala	bola babrala
	neuter	bolo som babralo	bolo si babralo	bolo babralo

future		budem babrať	budeš babrať	bude babrať	budeme babrať	budete babrať	budú babrať

conditional		singular			plural
conditional		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	babral by som	babral by si	babral by	babrali by sme	babrali by ste	babrali by
	feminine	babrala by som	babrala by si	babrala by
	neuter	babralo by som	babralo by si	babralo by

past	masculine	bol by som babral	bol by si babral	bol by babral	boli by sme babrali	boli by ste babrali	boli by babrali
	feminine	bola by som babrala	bola by si babrala	bola by babrala
	neuter	bolo by som babralo	bolo by si babralo	bolo by babralo

imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	babri	—	babrime	babrite	—

non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle	transgressive	verbal noun
		babrúci	—	babraný	babral, babrala, babralo, babrali	babrúc	babranie

^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “babrať”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 57