povít

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech poviti. By surface analysis, po- +‎ vít.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoviːt]

Verb

povít pf (imperfective povíjet)

1. (literary) to give birth
2. (dated) to wrap, to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	povít, povíti	Active adjective	povivší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	poviji, poviju	povijeme	—	povijme
2nd person	poviješ	povijete	povij	povijte
3rd person	povije	povijí, povijou	—	—

The verb povít 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	povil	povili	povit	poviti
masculine inanimate		povily		povity
feminine	povila		povita
neuter	povilo	povila	povito	povita

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	poviv
feminine + neuter singular	—	povivši
plural	—	povivše

Further reading

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