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Czech
Etymology
From uspat + -ávat.
Pronunciation
Verb
uspávat impf (perfective uspat)
- (transitive) to make sleepy, to induce sleep in, to put to sleep
- Monotónní projev přednášejícího ho uspával. ― The lecturer's monotonous speech was making him sleepy.
- Dodnes si pamatoval ukolébavky, kterými ho uspávala jeho babička. ― Even now he remembered the lullabies which his grandmother used to put him to sleep.
Further reading
- “uspávati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “uspávati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “uspávat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)