vdát

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vdáti, from Proto-Slavic *vъdati. By surface analysis, v- +‎ dát. Cognates include Russian вда́ться (vdátʹsja) and Polish wdać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdaːt]

Verb

vdát pf (imperfective vdávat)

1. (reflexive with se) to marry (of woman, to take a husband)

   Jejich dcera se vdala za sousedova syna.

   Their daughter married the neighbour's son.

2. (transitive) to marry (to give away a woman as a wife)

   Vdali svou dceru za sousedova syna.

   They married their daughter to the neighbour's son.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vdát

infinitive vdát, vdáti active adjective vdavší verbal noun vdání passive adjective vdaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person vdám vdáme — vdejme 2nd person vdáš vdáte vdej vdejte 3rd person vdá vdají — — The verb vdát 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 vdal vdali vdán vdáni masculine inanimate vdaly vdány feminine vdala vdána neuter vdalo vdala vdáno vdána transgressives present past masculine singular — vdav feminine + neuter singular — vdavši plural — vdavše

Derived terms

• provdat
• vdaná
• vdavky
• zavdat

See also

• oženit

Further reading

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