Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech čepýřiti. By surface analysis, če- + pýřit.
Pronunciation
Verb
čepýřit impf (perfective začepýřit)
- (reflexive with se, of a bird) to ruffle its feathers; to bristle up
- Synonym: ježit
- Papoušek zuřivě mžoural očima a čepýřil peří. ― The parrot furiously squinted its eyes and ruffled its feathers.
- (reflexive with se) to blush; to be hot under the collar
- Holčina se jen čepýřila v jeho náručích. ― The girl only kept blushing in his arms.
Conjugation
Conjugation of čepýřit
| infinitive
|
čepýřit, čepýřiti
|
active adjective
|
čepýřící
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
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| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
čepýřím |
čepýříme |
— |
čepyřme, čepýřeme
|
| 2nd person
|
čepýříš |
čepýříte |
čepyř, čepýři |
čepyřte, čepýřete
|
| 3rd person
|
čepýří |
čepýří |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive čepýřit.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
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|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
čepýřil |
čepýřili |
čepýřen |
čepýřeni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
čepýřily |
čepýřeny
|
| feminine
|
čepýřila |
čepýřena
|
| neuter
|
čepýřilo |
čepýřila |
čepýřeno |
čepýřena
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
čepýře |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
čepýříc |
—
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| plural
|
čepýříce |
—
|
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Further reading