hovět

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See also: hovet

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hověti, from Proto-Slavic *gověti. Cognate with Russian гове́ть (govétʹ), Serbo-Croatian gòvjeti.

Pronunciation

Verb

hovět impf

  1. to indulge, to cater
  2. (reflexive with si) to lounge around, to lazy around

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • hověti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • hověti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • hovět”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • hovět” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz