modlit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech modliti, from Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmodlɪt]

Verb

modlit impf (perfective pomodlit)

1. (reflexive with se) to pray

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	modlit, modliti	Active adjective	modlící
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	modlím	modlíme	—	modleme
2nd person	modlíš	modlíte	modli	modlete
3rd person	modlí	modlí	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	modlil	modlili	modlen	modleni
masculine inanimate		modlily		modleny
feminine	modlila		modlena
neuter	modlilo	modlila	modleno	modlena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	modle	—
feminine + neuter singular	modlíc	—
plural	modlíce	—

Related terms

• modla f
• modlitba f
• modlitebna f
• modlitební f
• pomodlit

 

Further reading

• “modliti se”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “modliti se”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989