Shortened from soldáti, from Danish soldat.
dáti m (genitive singular dáta, nominative plural dátar)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to give”).
dáti pf (imperfective dávati)
| infinitive | supine | verbal noun |
|---|---|---|
| dáti | dat | dánie |
| Present | Imperative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | dám | dávě (-va) | dáme (-my) | – | dajvě (-va) | dajme (-my) |
| 2nd person | dáš | dáta | dáte | daj | dajta | dajte |
| 3rd person | dá | dáta | dadie | daj | dajta | dajte |
| Sigmatic aorist | Imperfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| 1st person | dach | dachově (-va) | dachom (-me/-my) | dadiech | dadiechově (-va) | dadiechom (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | da | dasta (-šta) | daste (-šte) | dadieše | dadiešta (-sta) | dadiešte (-ste) |
| 3rd person | da | dasta (-šta) | dachu | dadieše | dadiešta (-sta) | dadiechu |
| L-participle | Passive participle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Masculine | dal | dala | dali | dán | dána | dáni |
| Feminine | dala | dale | daly | dána | dáně | dány |
| Neuter | dalo | dale | dala | dáno | dáně | dána |
| Nt-participle | S-participle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Masculine | dada | dadúce | dav | davše | ||
| Feminine | dadúci | davši | ||||
| Neuter | dada, dadúci | dav, davši | ||||
Note: This table shows the most common forms of dáti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.