kovati

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Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkoʋaci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkovaci/

Verb

kovati impf

  1. to forge, to hammer
    kovati zraduto prepare a betrayal

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Czech: kovat, kout

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovati, analogical form of *kuti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒʋati/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧va‧ti

Verb

kòvati impf (Cyrillic spelling ко̀вати)

  1. (transitive) to forge
  2. (transitive) to mint, coin
  3. (transitive) to plot, hatch

Conjugation

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kovati, analogical form of *kuti.

Pronunciation

Verb

kováti impf

  1. to forge

Inflection

-ovati -ujem (AP c)
infinitive kováti
1st singular kújem
infinitive kováti kovȁt
supine kovȃt
verbal noun kovȃnje
participle converb
present kujọ̄č kovȃje
past kován
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular kovȃł kovála kovȃlo
dual kovȃla kovȃli kovȃli
plural kovȃli kovȃle kovȃla
present imperative
1st singular kújem
2nd singular kúješ kūj
3rd singular kúje
1st dual kújeva kȗjva
2nd dual kújeta kȗjta
3rd dual kújeta
1st plural kújemo kȗjmo
2nd plural kújete kȗjte
3rd plural kújejo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kovati”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran