tvrdit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tvrditi, from Proto-Slavic *tvьrditi. By surface analysis, tvrdý +‎ -it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtvr̩ɟɪt]

Verb

tvrdit impf

1. to assert (to declare with assurance or plainly and strongly)
2. to harden (to make something hard(er))

Conjugation

Conjugation of tvrdit

infinitive tvrdit, tvrditi active adjective tvrdící verbal noun tvrzení passive adjective tvrzený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person tvrdím tvrdíme — tvrďme 2nd person tvrdíš tvrdíte tvrď tvrďte 3rd person tvrdí tvrdí — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tvrdit. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate tvrdil tvrdili tvrzen tvrzeni masculine inanimate tvrdily tvrzeny feminine tvrdila tvrzena neuter tvrdilo tvrdila tvrzeno tvrzena transgressives present past masculine singular tvrdě — feminine + neuter singular tvrdíc — plural tvrdíce —

Derived terms

• potvrdit
• stvrdit
• tvrzení n
• tvrzený
• utvrdit

Further reading

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