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poštvat

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech poščvati. By surface analysis, po- +‎ štvát.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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poštvat pf (imperfective poštívat)

  1. to set (someone against someone)
    Poštval jsi proti mně všechny mé přátele.
    You set all of my friends against me.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of poštvat
infinitive poštvat, poštvati active adjective poštvavší
verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person poštvu poštveme poštvěme
2nd person poštveš poštvete poštvi poštvěte
3rd person poštve poštvou

The verb poštvat 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 poštval poštvali poštván poštváni
masculine inanimate poštvaly poštvány
feminine poštvala poštvána
neuter poštvalo poštvala poštváno poštvána
transgressives present past
masculine singular poštvav
feminine + neuter singular poštvavši
plural poštvavše

Further reading

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