povít

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech poviti. By surface analysis, po- +‎ vít.

Pronunciation

Verb

povít pf (imperfective povíjet)

  1. (literary) to give birth
  2. (dated) to wrap, to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of povít
infinitive povít, povíti active adjective povivší
verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person poviji, poviju povijeme povijme
2nd person poviješ povijete povij povijte
3rd person povije povijí, povijou

The verb povít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate povil povili povit poviti
masculine inanimate povily povity
feminine povila povita
neuter povilo povila povito povita
transgressives present past
masculine singular poviv
feminine + neuter singular povivši
plural povivše

Further reading

  • povíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • povíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • povít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025