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Czech
Etymology
Cognates include Serbo-Croatian protiviti.
Pronunciation
Verb
protivit ?
- (reflexive with se) to go against, to be against, to be contrary to
- Synonyms: příčit, odporovat
- protivit se rozumu
- protivit se zákonu
- (reflexive with se) to oppose, to defy, to disobey
- Synonyms: odporovat, vzpírat
- protivit se panovníku
- (reflexive with se) to hate, to resent, to abhor (with subject and object reversed)
- Synonym: příčit
- Špatnost se mi protiví.
Further reading
- “protiviti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “protiviti se”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “protivit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)