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Czech
Etymology
From po- + tápět.
Pronunciation
Verb
potápět impf (perfective potopit)
- to sink, to keep sinking
- (reflexive with se) to be sinking, to dive, to submerge
- Pramice se s rodinou začala potápět a v loďce navíc chyběly záchranné prostředky. ― The rowboat began to sink with the family and the boat also lacked rescue equipment.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive potápět. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “potápěti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “potápěti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “potápět”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)