postavit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postaviti, from Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian поставити.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpostavɪt]

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Verb

postavit pf (imperfective stavět)

1. to stand, put
2. to stand up, set upright
3. to build

   Tahle stěna je postavená z bahna. ― This wall here is made of mud.

4. (reflexive with se, intransitive) to stand up
5. (reflexive with se) to defy, oppose
6. to put (a question etc in a specific manner)

   A když to postavil takto, konečně jsem pochopil, jak to myslí. ― And when he put it that way I could finally see what he meant.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	postavit, postaviti	Active adjective	postavivší
Verbal noun	postavení	Passive adjective	postavený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	postavím	postavíme	—	postavme
2nd person	postavíš	postavíte	postav	postavte
3rd person	postaví	postaví	—	—

The verb postavit 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	postavil	postavili	postaven	postaveni
masculine inanimate		postavily		postaveny
feminine	postavila		postavena
neuter	postavilo	postavila	postaveno	postavena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	postaviv
feminine + neuter singular	—	postavivši
plural	—	postavivše

Related terms

• stát

 

Further reading

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