dovolit

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *do-

Old Czech do-

Czech do-

Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *wolh₁-éye-ti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *walīˀtei

Proto-Slavic *voliti

Czech volit

Czech dovolit

From do- + volit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdovolɪt]

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Verb

dovolit pf (imperfective dovolovat)

1. (transitive) to allow, to permit

   No dovol. ― Well excuse me!

2. (reflexive with si) to afford

   Tak drahé auto si nemůžeme dovolit. ― We cannot afford to buy such an expensive car.

3. (reflexive with si) to be impudent

   Co si to dovolujete? ― How dare you?

4. (reflexive with si) to take the liberty

Conjugation

Conjugation of dovolit

infinitive dovolit, dovoliti active adjective dovolivší verbal noun dovolení passive adjective dovolený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person dovolím dovolíme — dovolme 2nd person dovolíš dovolíte dovol dovolte 3rd person dovolí dovolí — — The verb dovolit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate dovolil dovolili dovolen dovoleni masculine inanimate dovolily dovoleny feminine dovolila dovolena neuter dovolilo dovolila dovoleno dovolena transgressives present past masculine singular — dovoliv feminine + neuter singular — dovolivši plural — dovolivše

Antonyms

• zakázat

Derived terms

• dovolená f
• dovolení n

Further reading

• “dovoliti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dovoliti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dovolit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026