postava

See also: postavă

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postava, from Proto-Slavic *postava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpostava]
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta‧va

Noun

postava f

1. character (being in a story)
2. figure (human figure; shape of human body)

Declension

Declension of postava (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	postava	postavy
genitive	postavy	postav
dative	postavě	postavám
accusative	postavu	postavy
vocative	postavo	postavy
locative	postavě	postavách
instrumental	postavou	postavami

Further reading

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

Italian

Verb

postava

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of postare

Anagrams

• svapato

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpostaʋa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpostava/

Noun

postava f

1. character
2. figure

Declension

Declension of postava (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	postava	postavě	postavy
genitive	postavy	postavú	postav
dative	postavě	postavama	postavám
accusative	postavu	postavě	postavy
vocative	postavo	postavě	postavy
locative	postavě	postavú	postavách
instrumental	postavú	postavama	postavami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: postava

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

postava

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of postar