Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech stíhati, from Proto-Slavic *stigati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsciːɦat]
- Hyphenation: sti‧hat
Verb
stíhat impf (perfective stihnout)
- to pursue, chase
- to sue, prosecute
- to be in time, to cope with
- Stíháš sledovat vývoj situace? ― Can you keep up with the developing situation?
- Nestíhám ve dne chodit do práce a po nocích studovat. ― I can't cope with work during the day and studying at night.
- Stíháte se nasnídat? ― Do you have time for breakfast?
- to follow (of events etc: one another in succcession)
- Jedna reforma stíhala druhou. ― Reforms quickly followed one after another.
Conjugation
Conjugation of stíhat
| infinitive
|
stíhat, stíhati
|
active adjective
|
stíhající
|
| verbal noun
|
stíhání
|
passive adjective
|
stíhaný
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
stíhám |
stíháme |
— |
stíhejme
|
| 2nd person
|
stíháš |
stíháte |
stíhej |
stíhejte
|
| 3rd person
|
stíhá |
stíhají |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive stíhat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
stíhal |
stíhali |
stíhán |
stíháni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
stíhaly |
stíhány
|
| feminine
|
stíhala |
stíhána
|
| neuter
|
stíhalo |
stíhala |
stíháno |
stíhána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
stíhaje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
stíhajíc |
—
|
| plural
|
stíhajíce |
—
|
|
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