postavit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postaviti, from Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian поставити.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpostavɪt]
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Verb

postavit pf (imperfective stavět)

  1. to stand, put
  2. to stand up, set upright
  3. to build
    Tahle stěna je postavená z bahna. ― This wall here is made of mud.
  4. (reflexive with se, intransitive) to stand up
  5. (reflexive with se) to defy, oppose
  6. to put (a question etc in a specific manner)
    A když to postavil takto, konečně jsem pochopil, jak to myslí. ― And when he put it that way I could finally see what he meant.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive postavit, postaviti Active adjective postavivší
Verbal noun postavení Passive adjective postavený
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person postavímpostavíme—postavme
2nd person postavíšpostavítepostavpostavte
3rd person postavípostaví——
The verb postavit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate postavilpostavilipostavenpostaveni
masculine inanimate postavilypostaveny
feminine postavilapostavena
neuter postavilopostavilapostavenopostavena
Transgressives present past
masculine singular —postaviv
feminine + neuter singular —postavivši
plural —postavivše

Further reading
  • postaviti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • postaviti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • postavit in Internetová jazyková příručka
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