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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dávati, from Proto-Slavic *davati.
Pronunciation
Verb
dávat impf (perfective dát)
- to give
- Antonym: brát
- Proč jsi mi ten dopis dával? ― Why did you give me the letter?
- Nedává mi to žádný smysl. ― That doesn't make any sense to me.
- dávat něčemu váhu. ― give credence to something (literally: give weight to something).
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive dávat. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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dávaje |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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dávajíc |
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| plural
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dávajíce |
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Further reading
- “dávati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dávati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dávat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)