spáti

See also: spati

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъpati, from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈspaːci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈspaːci/

Verb

spáti impf

1. to sleep (to rest in a state of reduced consciousness)
2. to sleep (to have sex)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spáti (class III)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
spáti	spat	spánie

	present			imperative
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
1st person	sṕu	spívě (-va)	spím (-me/-my)	—	spivě (-va)	spim (-me/-my)
2nd person	spíš	spíta	spíte	spi	spita	spite
3rd person	spí	spíta	spie	spi	spita	spite

	aorist (sigmatic)			imperfect
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
1st person	spach	spachově (-va)	spachom (-me/-my)	spách	spáchově (-va)	spáchom (-me/-my)
2nd person	spa	spasta (-šta)	spaste (-šte)	spáše	spášta (-sta)	spášte (-ste)
3rd person	spa	spasta (-šta)	spachu	spáše	spášta (-sta)	spáchu

	l-participle			passive participle
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
masculine	spal	spala	spali	—	—	—
feminine	spala	spale	spaly	—	—	—
neuter	spalo	spale	spala	—	—	—

	nt-participle			s-participle
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
masculine	spě	spiece		spav	spavše
feminine	spieci			spavši
neuter	spě, spieci			spav, spavši

compound forms
perfect	Use the l-participle of spáti and the present tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. spal jest
pluperfect	Use the l-participle of spáti and one of the past tenses of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. spal bě/bieše/by / byl jest spal
future	Use the infinitive of spáti and the future tense of býti or less often present tense of the auxiliary verb chtieti or jmieti e.g. bude/chce/jmá spáti
future perfect	Use the l-participle of spáti and the future tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. bude spal
present conditional	Use the l-participle of spáti and the perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. spal by
past conditional	Use the l-participle of spáti and the perfect tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. byl by spal
continuous	Use the nt-participle of spáti and the appropriate tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. jest spě, bude spě

Note: This table shows the most common forms of spáti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: spát

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “spáti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění