houpat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húpati, ultimately of imitative origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦou̯pat]

Verb

houpat impf

  1. to rock (to move gently back and forth)
  2. (reflexive with se) to swing

Conjugation

Conjugation of houpat
infinitive houpat, houpati active adjective houpající


verbal noun houpání passive adjective houpaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person houpám, houpu houpáme, houpeme houpejme
2nd person houpáš, houpeš houpáte, houpete houpej houpejte
3rd person houpá, houpe houpají, houpou

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate houpal houpali houpán houpáni
masculine inanimate houpaly houpány
feminine houpala houpána
neuter houpalo houpala houpáno houpána
transgressives present past
masculine singular houpaje
feminine + neuter singular houpajíc
plural houpajíce

Derived terms

adjective
verbs
  • pohoupat
  • pohupovat
  • přehoupnout
  • rozhoupat
  • vyhoupnout
  • zahoupat
  • zhoupnout

See also

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “houpat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN

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