# имати
## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьmati.

### Verb

имати • (imati) impf
* to have
** John 8:24, from Codex Marianus, 4082400-4082420:
    аште бо вѣрꙑ не емлете ѣко азъ есмъ · ꙋмьрете въ грѣсѣхъ вашихъ ·ašte bo věry ne emlete jěko azŭ esmŭ · umĭrete vŭ grěsěxŭ vašixŭ ·(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to take
** lines 154-156, from the Primary Chronicle:
    и побѣгоша людьє изъ града. и повелѣ ѡльга воємъ своимъ имати є, ꙗко взѧ градъ и пожьже и.i poběgoša ljudĭje izŭ grada. i povelě olĭga vojemŭ svoimŭ imati e, jako vzę gradŭ i požĭže i.And all the people fled from the city. Olga commanded her soldiers to capture them, as she took the city and set it ablaze.
* to acquire

#### Conjugation

present tense of имати (imati) :
| singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural |
| азъ (azŭ) | азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | ва (va) | та (ta) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | ти (ti) |
| емлѭ (emljǫ) | емлѭ (emljǫ) | емлѥши (emlješi) | емлѥши (emlješi) | емлѥтъ (emljetŭ) | емлѥтъ (emljetŭ) | емлѥвѣ (emljevě) | емлѥвѣ (emljevě) | емлѥта (emljeta) | емлѥта (emljeta) | емлѥте (emljete) | емлѥте (emljete) | емлѥмъ (emljemŭ) | емлѥмъ (emljemŭ) | емлѥте (emljete) | емлѥте (emljete) | емлѫтъ (emlǫtŭ) | емлѫтъ (emlǫtŭ) |
Alternative:
present tense of имати (imati) :
| singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural |
| азъ (azŭ) | азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | ва (va) | та (ta) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | ти (ti) |
| ѥмлѭ (jemljǫ) | ѥмлѭ (jemljǫ) | ѥмлѥши (jemlješi) | ѥмлѥши (jemlješi) | ѥмлѥтъ (jemljetŭ) | ѥмлѥтъ (jemljetŭ) | ѥмлѥвѣ (jemljevě) | ѥмлѥвѣ (jemljevě) | ѥмлѥта (jemljeta) | ѥмлѥта (jemljeta) | ѥмлѥте (jemljete) | ѥмлѥте (jemljete) | ѥмлѥмъ (jemljemŭ) | ѥмлѥмъ (jemljemŭ) | ѥмлѥте (jemljete) | ѥмлѥте (jemljete) | ѥмлѫтъ (jemlǫtŭ) | ѥмлѫтъ (jemlǫtŭ) |
Alternative:
present tense of имати (imati) :
| singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural |
| азъ (azŭ) | азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | ва (va) | та (ta) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | ти (ti) |
| имаѭ (imajǫ) | имаѭ (imajǫ) | имаѥши (imaješi) | имаѥши (imaješi) | имаѥтъ (imajetŭ) | имаѥтъ (imajetŭ) | имаѥвѣ (imajevě) | имаѥвѣ (imajevě) | имаѥта (imajeta) | имаѥта (imajeta) | имаѥте (imajete) | имаѥте (imajete) | имаѥмъ (imajemŭ) | имаѥмъ (imajemŭ) | имаѥте (imajete) | имаѥте (imajete) | имаѫтъ (imaǫtŭ) | имаѫтъ (imaǫtŭ) |

#### Derived terms

* възимати (vŭzimati)
* вънимати (vŭnimati)
* въсприимати (vŭspriimati)
* заимати (zaimati)
* изимати (izimati)
* обимати (obimati)
* отъимати (otŷimati)
* подъимати (podŷimati)
* поимати (poimati)
* приимати (priimati)
* прѣимати (prěimati)
* сънимати (sŭnimati)
* оуимати (uimati)

#### Related terms

* имѣти (iměti)
* ѩти (jęti)

### References

* Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София
* Old Russian: Base Form Dictionary

### Further reading

* Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 259
* Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “имати”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎, volume 1, Prague: Euroslavica, page 765

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* imeti (Kajkavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьmati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǐmati/
* Hyphenation: и‧ма‧ти

### Verb

ѝмати impf (Latin spelling ìmati)
* (transitive, intransitive) to have, possess, own
    имати среће ― to be lucky, to have luck
    имати времена ― to have time
    имати новаца ― to have money
    имати прехладу ― to have a cold
    имати обичај да.. ― to have a habit/custom to..
    имати на уму ― to have in mind, to keep in mind
    имати у виду ― to keep in mind
    имати на памети ― to keep in mind
    имати против ― to object to
    она има 19 година. ― She is 19 years old.
    имаш право. ― You are right./You are correct.
* (transitive) to be, be located (in past and future tenses usually replaced by би̏ти (“to be, exist”)
    има ли шећера? ― Is there any sugar?
    има ли кога? ― Is there anyone in?
    има ли црвених аута на паркиралишту? ― Are there any red cars in the parking lot?
    на зиду имају двије слике. ― There are two paintings on the wall.
    што има за вечеру? ― What is there for supper?
    има отад пет година. ― Five years have passed since then./It has been five years since then.
* (intransitive, with да) to have to, be obliged to
    има(ш) да му поштено платиш. ― You have to pay him fairly.
    има(ју) да раде ц(иј)ели дан. ― They have to work the whole day.
* (transitive) to wear, have on
    имала је црвени шеширић. ― She had a red bonnet on.

#### Antonyms

* не́мати

#### Derived terms

* за̀имати
* по̀имати
* сни́мати
* у̀имати

### References

* “имати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025