nosit
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech nositi, from Proto-Slavic *nositi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnosɪt]
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Verb
nosit impf
- iterative of nést
- to wear
- Nosí hezké šaty. ― (He/she/it) wears nice clothes.
- to hold
- to bring, carry
- Každý den nám listonoš nosí noviny. ― Every day, the postman brings us the newspaper.
Usage notes
Nosit is in the class of Czech abstract verbs. Its counterpart, nést, is a concrete verb.
Conjugation
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive nosit. |
Related terms
Further reading
- “nositi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “nositi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “nosit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025