volit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voliti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolɪt]

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Verb

volit impf (perfective zvolit)

1. to choose
2. to elect

Conjugation

Conjugation of volit

infinitive volit, voliti active adjective volící verbal noun volení passive adjective volený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person volím volíme — volme 2nd person volíš volíte vol volte 3rd person volí volí — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive volit. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate volil volili volen voleni masculine inanimate volily voleny feminine volila volena neuter volilo volila voleno volena transgressives present past masculine singular vole — feminine + neuter singular volíc — plural volíce —

Derived terms

(verbs):

• dovolit
• odvolit
• podvolit
• povolit
• předvolit
• přivolit
• svolit
• uvolit
• vyvolit
• zvolit

Related terms

(adjectives):

• volební
• volený
• voličský
• volitelný

(nouns):

• volba
• volenka
• volič
• volitel
• volitelnost

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.lit/, [ˈu̯ɔlʲɪt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lit/, [ˈvɔːlit̪]

Verb

volit

1. (Old Latin) third-person singular present active subjunctive of volō