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

Conjugation
Infinitive bdít, bdíti Active adjective bdící
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person bdím bdíme — bděme
2nd person bdíš bdíte bdi bděte
3rd person bdí bdí — —
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive bdít.
Participles Past participles Passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate bděl bděli bděn bděni
masculine inanimate bděly bděny
feminine bděla bděna
neuter bdělo bděla bděno bděna
Transgressives present past
masculine singular bdě —
feminine + neuter singular bdíc —
plural bdíce —

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (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)
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