kovat

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See also: kovať

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kovati, from Proto-Slavic *kovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ko‧vat

Verb

kovat impf (perfective vykovat)

  1. to forge
  2. to hammer

Conjugation

Conjugation of kovat
infinitive kovat, kovati active adjective kovající
verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person kovu, kovám koveme, kováme kovejme
2nd person koveš, kováš kovete, kováte kovej kovejte
3rd person kove, ková kovou, kovají

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive kovat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate koval kovali kován kováni
masculine inanimate kovaly kovány
feminine kovala kována
neuter kovalo kovala kováno kována
transgressives present past
masculine singular kovaje
feminine + neuter singular kovajíc
plural kovajíce

Further reading

  • kovati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kovati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kovat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Adjective

kovat

  1. nominative plural of kova

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