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Czech
Etymology
From po- + přít.
Pronunciation
Verb
popřít pf (imperfective popírat)
- to deny (the truth of a statement)
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The verb popřít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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popřev
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| feminine + neuter singular
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popřevši
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| plural
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popřevše
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Further reading
- “popříti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “popříti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “popřít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)