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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vrtěti, from Proto-Slavic *vьrtěti.
Pronunciation
Verb
vrtět impf (perfective zavrtět)
- to wag (one's tail)
- to shake (one's head)
- (reflexive with se) to wriggle, squirm, writhe, fidget
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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vrtět, vrtěti
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Active adjective
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vrtící
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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 vrtět. |
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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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vrtěl |
vrtěli |
— |
—
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| masculine inanimate
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vrtěly |
—
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| feminine
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vrtěla |
—
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| neuter
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vrtělo |
vrtěla |
— |
—
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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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vrtě |
—
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| feminine + neuter singular
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vrtíc |
—
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| plural
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vrtíce |
—
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “vrtěti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vrtěti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vrtět”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)