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cupat

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Czech

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cupat impf

  1. to scuttle
    Babička cupala po dvoře.
    The grandma was scuttling around the yard.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of cupat
infinitive cupat, cupati active adjective cupající
verbal noun cupání passive adjective cupaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person cupám, cupu cupáme, cupeme — cupejme
2nd person cupáš, cupeš cupáte, cupete cupej cupejte
3rd person cupá, cupe cupají, cupou — —

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive cupat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate cupal cupali cupán cupáni
masculine inanimate cupaly cupány
feminine cupala cupána
neuter cupalo cupala cupáno cupána
transgressives present past
masculine singular cupaje —
feminine + neuter singular cupajíc —
plural cupajíce —
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References

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  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “cupat”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 90

Further reading

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  • “cupati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “cupati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “cupat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
  • “cupat” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
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