mentiti

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Italian

Participle

mentiti m pl

  1. masculine plural of mentito

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

mentītī

  1. inflection of mentītus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mentītī.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɛncici/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmɛncici/

Verb

mentiti impf

  1. (intransitive) to lie

Conjugation

Conjugation of mentiti (class IV)
infinitive supine verbal noun
mentiti mentit mencenie
Present Imperative
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
1st person mencu mentívě (-va) mentím (-me/-my) – mentivě (-va) mentim (-me/-my)
2nd person mentíš mentíta mentíte menti mentita mentite
3rd person mentí mentíta mentie menti mentita mentite
Sigmatic aorist Imperfect
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
1st person mentich mentichově (-va) mentichom (-me/-my) mentiech mentiechově (-va) mentiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person menti mentista (-šta) mentiste (-šte) mentieše mentiešta (-sta) mentiešte (-ste)
3rd person menti mentista (-šta) mentichu mentieše mentiešta (-sta) mentiechu
L-participle Passive participle
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Masculine mentil mentila mentili — — —
Feminine mentila mentile mentily — — —
Neuter mentilo mentile mentila — — —
Nt-participle S-participle
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
Masculine mentě mentiece mentiv mentivše
Feminine mentieci mentivši
Neuter mentě, mentieci mentiv, mentivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of mentiti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “mentiti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 359

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