couvat
See also: couvât
Czech
Alternative forms
- coufat, coufati, couvati (archaic)
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German zaufen. Compare Polish cofać.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sou̯vat]
Verb
couvat impf (perfective couvnout)
- (intransitive) to back (to go in the reverse direction)
Conjugation
Conjugation table
| Indicative | Imperative | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | Present | Past | Future | |||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||||
| animate | inanimate | |||||||
| I | couvám | couval jsem | couvala jsem | couvalo jsem | budu couvat | — | ||
| you (singular) | couváš | couval jsi | couvala jsi | couvalo jsi | budeš couvat | couvej | ||
| you (polite) | couváte | couval jste | couvala jste | couvalo jste | budete couvat | couvejte | ||
| he/she/it | couvá | couval | couvala | couvalo | bude couvat | — | ||
| we | couváme | couvali jsme | couvaly jsme | couvala jsme | budeme couvat | couvejme | ||
| you (plural) | couváte | couvali jste | couvaly jste | couvala jste | budete couvat | couvejte | ||
| they | couvají | couvali | couvaly | couvaly | couvala | budou couvat | — | |
| Conditional | ||||||||
| person | Present | Past | ||||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | animate | inanimate | |||||
| I | couval bych | couvala bych | couvalo bych | byl bych couval | byla bych couvala | bylo bych couvalo | ||
| you (singular) | couval bys | couvala bys | couvalo bys | byl bys couval | byla bys couvala | bylo bys couvalo | ||
| you (polite) | couval byste | couvala byste | couvalo byste | byl byste couval | byla byste couvala | bylo byste couvalo | ||
| he/she/it | couval by | couvala by | couvalo by | byl by couval | byla by couvala | bylo by couvalo | ||
| we | couvali bychom | couvaly bychom | couvala bychom | byli bychom couvali | byly bychom couvaly | byla bychom couvala | ||
| you (plural) | couvali byste | couvaly byste | couvala byste | byli byste couvali | byly byste couvaly | byla byste couvala | ||
| they | couvali by | couvaly by | couvaly by | couvala by | byli by couvali | byly by couvaly | byly by couvaly | byla by couvala |
| Participle | ||||||||
| Number | Active (Perfect) | Passive | ||||||
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | animate | inanimate | |||||
| singular | couval | couvala | couvalo | couván | couvána | couváno | ||
| plural | couvali | couvaly | couvaly | couvala | couváni | couvány | couvány | couvána |
| transgressive present | transgressive past | |||||||
| Number | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||||
| singular | couvaje | couvajíc | couvav | couvavši | ||||
| plural | couvajíce | couvavše | ||||||
| Infinitive | Verbal adjective | Gerund | ||||||
| couvat | couvající | couvání | ||||||
Further reading
- couvati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- couvati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- couvat in Internetová jazyková příručka