líbit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ľúbiti, from Proto-Slavic *ľubiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaubī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰéyeti, from *lewbʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliːbɪt]
  • Hyphenation: lí‧bit

Verb

líbit impf (perfective zalíbit)

  1. (reflexive with se) to please [with dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated by English like with subject and object reversed)
    Antonym: nelíbit
    Líbí se ti tahle pohovka? ― Do you like this sofa?
    Líbíš se mi. ― I like you.
    Oni to udělají, ať se ti to líbí nebo ne. ― They'll do it, whether you like it or not.

Usage notes

  • The person doing the liking is in the dative case, while the person/thing that is liked is in the nominative case. A comparable construction in English would be "It is pleasing to me" or "It appeals to me".
    Kočky se mi líbí. ― I like cats. (literally, “Cats are pleasing to me.”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of líbit
infinitive líbit, líbiti active adjective líbící


verbal noun líbení passive adjective —
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person líbím líbíme — libme
2nd person líbíš líbíte lib libte
3rd person líbí líbí — —

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate líbil líbili — —
masculine inanimate líbily —
feminine líbila —
neuter líbilo líbila — —
transgressives present past
masculine singular líbě —
feminine + neuter singular líbíc —
plural líbíce —

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