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Inherited from Old Czech stíhati, from Proto-Slavic *stigati.
- IPA(key): [ˈsciːɦat]
- Hyphenation: sti‧hat
stíhat impf (perfective stihnout)
- to pursue, chase
- to sue, prosecute
- to be in time, to cope with
- Stíháš sledovat vývoj situace? ― Can you keep up with the developing situation?
- Nestíhám ve dne chodit do práce a po nocích studovat. ― I can't cope with work during the day and studying at night.
- Stíháte se nasnídat? ― Do you have time for breakfast?
- to follow (of events etc: one another in succcession)
- Jedna reforma stíhala druhou. ― Reforms quickly followed one after another.
Conjugation
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive stíhat. |
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- “stíhati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “stíhati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “stíhat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)