postava

See also: postavă

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postava, from Proto-Slavic *postava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpostava]
• Hyphenation: pos‧ta‧va

Noun

postava f

1. character (being in a story)
2. figure (human figure; shape of human body)

Declension

Declension of postava (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	postava	postavy
genitive	postavy	postav
dative	postavě	postavám
accusative	postavu	postavy
vocative	postavo	postavy
locative	postavě	postavách
instrumental	postavou	postavami

Further reading

• postava in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• postava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• postava in Internetová jazyková příručka

Italian

Verb

postava

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of postare

Anagrams

• svapato

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (earlier) /ˈpostaβa/
• IPA^(key): (later) /ˈpostava/

Noun

postava f

1. character
2. figure

Declension

Declension (pattern žena)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	postava	postavě	postavy
genitive	postavy	postavú (postavou)	postav
dative	postavě	postavama, postavoma	postavám
accusative	postavu	postavě	postavy
vocative	postavo	postavě	postavy
locative	postavě	postavú (postavou)	postavách
instrumental	postavú (postavou)	postavama, postavoma	postavami

Descendants

• Czech: postava

Further reading

• “postava”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023

Portuguese

Verb

postava

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of postar