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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baviti, causative of Proto-Slavic *byti (být).
Pronunciation
Verb
bavit impf (perfective pobavit)
- (transitive) to enjoy
- (transitive) to entertain, to amuse (subject: person, object: person)
1925, Jaroslav Hašek, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války, Švejka vyhodili z blázince:Napřed ho svlékli do naha, pak mu dali nějaký chalát a vedli ho vykoupat, vzavše ho důvěrně pod paždí, přičemž jeden z ošetřovatelů bavil ho vypravováním nějaké anekdoty o židech.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive with se) to talk, to converse
1877, Jan Neruda, “Večerní šplechty”, in Povídky malostranské:U stolu s Perálkovými seděl starý — nu jak se jmenuje ten starý hejtman v penzi, ten — Vítek, ano! Bavil se živě s Marii.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive with se) to have fun
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bavit. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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bavě |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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bavíc |
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| plural
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bavíce |
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Further reading
- “baviti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “baviti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “bavit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)