Inherited fromProto-Slavic*jьměti.

imeti ? (Cyrillic spellingимети)

1. (Kajkavian) tohave

   Synonym:imati

• Pero Budmani, editor (1887–1891), “imjeti”, inRječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Zagreb:JAZU, page823

FromProto-Slavic*jьměti.

• IPA^(key): /imèːti/

imẹ́ti impf orpf

1. (imperfective) tohave

   Synonyms:premóči,razpolȃgati,posedováti

   • 1862, Valentin Zarnik, “Originali iz domačega življenja”, inNovice gospodarskih, obertnijskih in narodskih stvarí (20), Ljubljana, page242:

     On je bil mož principov in načel, v vsem obnašanju in za vsako zadevo jeimel svoje načelo.

     He was a man of principles andtenets, for all behavioral traits and every subject hehad his principle.

2. (imperfective) tohave with

   Synonyms:nosīti,vlẹ́či,vlačīti

   Vozniško dovoljenjeimam vedno s seboj, tudi če ne vozim

   Ihave my driving licence alwayswith me, even if I don't drive.

3. (imperfective) to have instock, tooffer

   Synonyms:núditi,ponújati

   Spomladiima vsaka tržnica sveže jagode.

   Every marketoffers fresh strawberries in the spring.

4. (imperfective) to beold

   Synonym:bíti stȁr

   Moja hčiima že deset let. ―My daughteris already ten yearsold.

5. (imperfective, colloquial) totempt

   Synonym:mȋkati

   Ima me, da bi te udaril. ―Iwant to slap you right now.

6. (imperfective) tobreed

   Synonyms:gojīti,redīti

7. (imperfective, rare) tofind, to form anopinion

   Synonyms:držáti,jemáti,smȃtrati,štẹ́ti,traktȋrati

   To trditevimam za pravilno. ―Ithink this statement is true.

8. (imperfective, colloquial) to wear

   Synonyms:nosīti,imẹ́ti oblẹ̑čeno

9. (imperfective)Used to signifysmug, similar to the verb get what one deserves.

   Synonym:dobīti, kar kdo išče

   Dolgo je najedal, zdaj paima!

   He was nagging for a long time, but hegot what he deserved!

10. (perfective) togive birth

    Synonyms:rodīti,skotīti

    • 2005, Mojca Lorenčič, “Starost res ni obdobje, ko bi ženska zanosila in imela otroka”, inDnevnik‎^[2]:

      Starost res ni obdobje, ko bi ženska zanosila inimela otroka

      Oldness is really not the time tohave children.

11. (imperfective) to be rich

    Synonym:imẹ́ti pod pȃlcem

    On paima. ―Heis rich.

12. (reflexive) todo, to perform

    Lepo seimam. ―I amdoing well.

13. (imperfective, obsolete) toseize, tocapture

    Žeja meima. ―Iam thirsty.

14. (modal, obsolete)should,must

    Synonym:mọ̑rati

    Imel bi pridnejši biti. ―Youshould be more diligent.

15. (auxiliary, obsolete, northern Littoral dialects) Used to form future tense.
    • around 1380,Celovški rokopis, page 1:

      Gory yiede w nebeſſa ſeydi kch deſſnuttczy boga otſche wſemogotſchiga od tody kchiyma priti ſoditi ſywe yno mortwe.

      He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the God, the almighty Father, where hewill come from and judge the living and the dead.

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• “imeti”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025
• Maks Pleteršnik, editor (1894), “iméti”, inSlovensko-nemški slovar (in Slovene), volume 1, Ljubljana: Knezoškofijstvo, page294

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