štěkat

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See also: stékat, štekat, and štekať

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ščekati, from Proto-Slavic *ščekati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ště‧kat

Verb

štěkat impf (perfective štěknout)

  1. to bark (about a dog)
    pes, který štěká, nekouše ― barking dogs seldom bite

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive štěkat, štěkati Active adjective štěkající
Verbal noun štěkání Passive adjective —
Present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person štěkám štěkáme — štěkejme
2nd person štěkáš štěkáte štěkej štěkejte
3rd person štěká štěkají — —
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive štěkat.
Participles Past participles Passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate štěkal štěkali — —
masculine inanimate štěkaly —
feminine štěkala —
neuter štěkalo štěkala — —
Transgressives present past
masculine singular štěkaje —
feminine + neuter singular štěkajíc —
plural štěkajíce —

Further reading

  • “štěkati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “štěkati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “štěkat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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