dabūt

Pronunciation: [dabûːt]

“dabūt” is a Latvian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to get, to obtain (to become the holder, possessor of something)
to get, to find
to get, to buy
to get a result, to succeed in getting
to get, to receive
to get, to become sick with (a disease)
to get, to accomplish (some physical work, usually with effort)
to get the chance, the opportunity (to do something)
to get (to be subjected to some physical or emotional effect)
to get (to be damaged, harmed by something)
to get to, to have to (to feel forced, pressured to do something)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian добы́ть (dobýtʹ, “to get, to obtain”), itself derived from быть (bytʹ, “to be”). Given its archaic form dabuit (attested in 17th-century dictionaries), this borrowing must have happened before the 13th century, when ы had the sound ui. A different (minority) opinion is that dabūt was not borrowed, but is related to dobt (“to hollow out”) and to dialectal dābt (“to hit, to…

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