folkovati

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• folgovati

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Middle High German volgen +‎ -ovati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈfoɫkoʋaci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈfolkovaci/

Verb

folkovati impf

1. (intransitive) to follow [with dative]
2. (law, intransitive) to persecute [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of folkovati (class VI)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
folkovati	folkovat	folkovánie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	folkuju	folkujevě (-va)	folkujem (-me/-my)	–	folkujvě (-va)	folkujme (-my)
2nd person	folkuješ	folkujeta	folkujete	folkuj	folkujta	folkujte
3rd person	folkuje	folkujeta	folkujú	folkuj	folkujta	folkujte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	folkovach	folkovachově (-va)	folkovachom (-me/-my)	folkovách	folkováchově (-va)	folkováchom (-me/-my)
2nd person	folkova	folkovasta (-šta)	folkovaste (-šte)	folkováše	folkovášta (-sta)	folkovášte (-ste)
3rd person	folkova	folkovasta (-šta)	folkovachu	folkováše	folkovášta (-sta)	folkováchu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	folkoval	folkovala	folkovali	—	—	—
Feminine	folkovala	folkovale	folkovaly	—	—	—
Neuter	folkovalo	folkovale	folkovala	—	—	—

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	folkujě	folkujúce		folkovav	folkovavše
Feminine	folkujúci			folkovavši
Neuter	folkujě, folkujúci			folkovav, folkovavši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of folkovati around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “folkovati”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění