kvísti

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• ktvieti

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvisti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkʋiːsci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkviːsci/

Verb

kvísti impf

1. (intransitive) to bloom

Conjugation

Conjugation of kvísti (class I)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
kvísti	kvist	ktvenie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	ktvu	ktvevě (-va)	ktvem (-me/-my)	–	ktvěvě (-va)	ktvěm (-me/-my)
2nd person	ktveš	ktveta	ktvete	ktvi	ktvěta	ktvěte
3rd person	ktve	ktveta	ktvú	ktvi	ktvěta	ktvěte

	Sigmatic aorist			Asigmatic aorist
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	ktvech	ktvechově (-va)	ktvechom (-me/-my)	kvet	ktvově (-va)	ktvom (-me/-my)
2nd person	ktve	ktvesta (-šta)	ktveste (-šte)	ktve	ktveta	ktvete
3rd person	ktve	ktvesta (-šta)	ktvechu	ktve	ktveta	ktvu (-ú)
	Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	ktviech	ktviechově (-va)	ktviechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	ktvieše	ktviešta (-sta)	ktviešte (-ste)
3rd person	ktvieše	ktviešta (-sta)	ktviechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	kvetl	kvetla	kvetli	—	—	—
Feminine	kvetla	kvetle	kvetly	—	—	—
Neuter	kvetlo	kvetle	kvetla	—	—	—

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	ktva	ktvúce		kvet	kvetše
Feminine	ktvúci			kvetši
Neuter	ktva, ktvúci			kvet, kvetši

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

Descendants

• Czech: kvést

Further reading

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