bdít

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bdieti, from Proto-Slavic *bъděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *budḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (to (be) awake), cognate with Serbo-Croatian bdeti.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

bdít impf

  1. to be awake, not to be asleep
    Antonym: spát
  2. (with nad) to watch over

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “bdít”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 49

Further reading

  • bdíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • bdíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • bdít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)