chopit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech chopiti, from Proto-Slavic *xopiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxopɪt]

Verb

chopit pf (imperfective chápat)

1. (reflexive with se) to take, to seize, to grasp, to take hold

   Synonyms: uchopit, chytit, vzít

   Chopte lotra!

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   Chopili se zloděje.

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   Chopil ji za ruku!

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Usage notes

• The word chápat isn't normally used with this meaning today anymore, as it's normally used in the meaning to understand. A better imperfective verb to use with the same meaning would be e.g. that of uchopit – uchopovat.

Conjugation

Conjugation of chopit

infinitive chopit, chopiti active adjective chopivší verbal noun chopení passive adjective chopený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person chopím chopíme — chopme 2nd person chopíš chopíte chop chopte 3rd person chopí chopí — — The verb chopit 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 chopil chopili chopen chopeni masculine inanimate chopily chopeny feminine chopila chopena neuter chopilo chopila chopeno chopena transgressives present past masculine singular — chopiv feminine + neuter singular — chopivši plural — chopivše

Related terms

• chápat
• chopení
• pochop
• pochopit
• schopný
• uchopit
• úchop
• vzchopit

Further reading

• “chopiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “chopiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “chopit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025