motat
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech motati, from Proto-Slavic *motati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmotat]
Verb
motat impf
- to wind, reel, coil
- (informal) to confuse, mix up, muddle
- (reflexive with se) to stagger, totter
- (reflexive with se) (informal) to be in the way, to mill about
Conjugation
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive motat.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “motati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “motati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “motat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Latin
Verb
mōtat
- third-person singular present active indicative of mōtō
Swedish
Verb
motat
- supine of mota