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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hověti, from Proto-Slavic *gověti. Cognate with Russian гове́ть (govétʹ), Serbo-Croatian gòvjeti.
Pronunciation
Verb
hovět impf
- to indulge, to cater
- (reflexive with si) to lounge around, to lazy around
Conjugation
Conjugation
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive hovět. |
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Passive participles
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singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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masculine animate
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hověl |
hověli |
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masculine inanimate
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hověly |
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feminine
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hověla |
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neuter
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hovělo |
hověla |
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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