Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German tätowieren, French tatouer from English tattoo, from Samoan tatau (“to tap”), + -ovat.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɛtovat]
- Rhymes: -ovat
- Hyphenation: te‧to‧vat
Verb
tetovat impf (perfective potetovat or vytetovat)
- to tattoo (to apply a tattoo)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tetovat
| infinitive
|
tetovat, tetovati
|
active adjective
|
tetující
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
tetuji, tetuju (coll.) |
tetujeme |
— |
tetujme
|
| 2nd person
|
tetuješ |
tetujete |
tetuj |
tetujte
|
| 3rd person
|
tetuje |
tetují, tetujou (coll.) |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tetovat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
tetoval |
tetovali |
tetován |
tetováni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
tetovaly |
tetovány
|
| feminine
|
tetovala |
tetována
|
| neuter
|
tetovalo |
tetovala |
tetováno |
tetována
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
tetuje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
tetujíc |
—
|
| plural
|
tetujíce |
—
|
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “tetovat”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda