plát

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Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech pláti, from Proto-Slavic *polti, derived from Proto-Indo-European *pol (to burn, be warm).

Verb

plát impf (perfective vzplát)

  1. (intransitive) to burn brightly (about a fire)
Conjugation
Conjugation of plát
infinitive plát, pláti active adjective plající


verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person plám, plaji, plaju pláme, plajeme plajme
2nd person pláš, plaješ pláte, plajete plaj plajte
3rd person plá, plaje plají, plajou

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate plál pláli
masculine inanimate plály
feminine plála
neuter plálo plála
transgressives present past
masculine singular plaje
feminine + neuter singular plajíc
plural plajíce
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Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Platte, from Medieval Latin plata, from Vulgar Latin *plat(t)us, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, broad, flat, wide). Cognate with English plate.

Noun

plát m inan

  1. a sheet, plate or slab
Declension
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Further reading

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “plát²”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “plát¹”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda