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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pytati (“to ask, examine”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ptát impf (perfective zeptat)
- (reflexive with se) to ask (to request an answer)
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
|
ptát, ptáti
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Active adjective
|
ptající
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| Verbal noun
|
ptání
|
Passive adjective
|
—
|
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive ptát. |
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| Participles |
Past participles |
Passive participles
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|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
ptal |
ptali |
— |
—
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| masculine inanimate
|
ptaly |
—
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| feminine
|
ptala |
—
|
| neuter
|
ptalo |
ptala |
— |
—
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
|
ptaje |
—
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| feminine + neuter singular
|
ptajíc |
—
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| plural
|
ptajíce |
—
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Further reading
- “ptáti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “ptáti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “ptát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025