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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vzpěti, zpěti, spěti, spieti, from Proto-Slavic *spěti.
Pronunciation
Verb
spět impf
- to move towards, to head for/towards, to approach
- Synonyms: chýlit se, blížit se, postupovat, směřovat, vyvíjet se
- Válka spěla ke konci. ― The war was coming to an end.
- (dated) to strive, to endeavour
- Synonyms: usilovat, snažit se
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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spět, spěti
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Active adjective
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spějící
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| Verbal noun
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—
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive spět. |
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| Participles |
Past participles |
Passive participles
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singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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| masculine animate
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spěl |
spěli |
— |
—
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| masculine inanimate
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spěly |
—
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| feminine
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spěla |
—
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| neuter
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spělo |
spěla |
— |
—
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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spěje |
—
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| feminine + neuter singular
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spějíc |
—
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| plural
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spějíce |
—
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “spěti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “spěti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “spět”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)