váhat

See also: vahat

Czech

Etymology

Of a class of words related to "weighing" or "considering," such as vážit (“to weigh”), vážný (“serious”), vyvážit (“to balance”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to convey, transport”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːɦat]
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Verb

váhat impf

  1. to hesitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of váhat
infinitive váhat, váhati active adjective váhající


verbal noun váhání passive adjective —
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person váhám váháme — váhejme
2nd person váháš váháte váhej váhejte
3rd person váhá váhají — —

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate váhal váhali — —
masculine inanimate váhaly —
feminine váhala —
neuter váhalo váhala — —
transgressives present past
masculine singular váhaje —
feminine + neuter singular váhajíc —
plural váhajíce —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “váhat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN

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