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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech počieti, from Proto-Slavic *počęti. By surface analysis, po- + -čít. Compare načít and začít.
Pronunciation
Verb
počít pf (imperfective počínat)
- to begin, to commence, to start, to originate
- to conceive, to beget (of a man or a woman)
- počít dítě ― to conceive a child
- (reflexive with si) to behave, to do
- Co si počnu? ― What do I do now?
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The verb počít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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počav
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| feminine + neuter singular
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počavši
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| plural
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počavše
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “počíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “počíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “počít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)