kmitat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mkytati, from Proto-Slavic *mьk-, related to *mikati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkmɪtat]

Verb

kmitat impf (perfective kmitnout)

  1. (intransitive) to oscillate (sometimes reflexive with se)
    Synonym: oscilovat
  2. to wiggle, to wag [with instrumental]

Conjugation

Conjugation of kmitat
infinitive kmitat, kmitati active adjective kmitající


verbal noun kmitání passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person kmitám kmitáme kmitejme
2nd person kmitáš kmitáte kmitej kmitejte
3rd person kmitá kmitají

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive kmitat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate kmital kmitali
masculine inanimate kmitaly
feminine kmitala
neuter kmitalo kmitala
transgressives present past
masculine singular kmitaje
feminine + neuter singular kmitajíc
plural kmitajíce

Derived terms

  • mihotat
  • míhat
  • mžít

Further reading