mít

Inherited from Old Czech jmieti, from Proto-Slavic *jьměti.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiːt]

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• Hyphenation: mít
• Rhymes: -iːt
• Homophone: mýt

mít impf

1. (transitive) to have
2. (reflexive with se) to be (to be doing fine or poorly)

   Jak se máš? Mám se dobře. ― How are you? I'm fine.

3. to measure

   Kolik máš na výšku? ― How tall are you? (literally, “How much do you have on the height?”)

4. to be obliged to, to be supposed to

   Mám to udělat dnes? ― Am I supposed to do that today?

• Many native speakers don't realise today that the word jmění is the verbal noun of mít. The passive forms aren't commonly known either and never used in normal Czech. They can be found in older literature.

• nemít

• “míti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “míti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

mít

1. eye

• míttǔy

• N. Saratchandra Singh, A Grammar of Paite

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɨt̚˦˥]

Ultimately from Sanskrit पारमिता (pāramitā, “paramita”), through Chinese 菠蘿蜜 / 菠萝蜜 (bōluómì, “jackfruit”); see there for more.

(classifier cây, trái, quả) mít • (櫗)

1. jackfruit

   mít dai/ráo ― jackfruit with firm, dry flesh (literally, “chewy/dry jackfruit”)

   mít mật/ướt ― jackfruit with soft, mushy, wet flesh (literally, “honey/wet jackfruit”)

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 密 (SV: mật). Compare mịt and Thai มิด (mít).

mít

1. (chiefly in compounds) be hermetically closed

mít

1. (vulgar) thick-headed; ignorant

   Với nó chỉ có hỏi đâu mít đấy.

   They're not going to know anything about what you ask.