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počít

/[ˈpot͡ʃiːt]/
Czechverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to begin, to commence, to start, to originate
  2. 2.
    to conceive, to beget (of a man or a woman)
    • počít dítě

      to conceive a child

  3. 3.
    to behave, to do
    • Co si počnu?

      What do I do now?

Synonyms & related words

Related words (3)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech počieti, from Proto-Slavic *počęti. By surface analysis, po- + -čít. Compare načít and začít.

Forms

  • počínatimperfective
  • počítinfinitive
  • počítiinfinitive
  • početínoun-from-verb
  • počnufirst-person • indicative • singular
  • počnemefirst-person • indicative • plural
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • počněmefirst-person • imperative • plural
  • počnešindicative • second-person • singular
  • počneteindicative • plural • second-person
  • počniimperative • second-person • singular
  • počněteimperative • plural • second-person
  • počneindicative • singular • third-person
  • počnouindicative • plural • third-person
  • -imperative • singular • third-person
  • -imperative • plural • third-person
  • -masculine • present • singular
  • počavmasculine • past • singular
  • -feminine • neuter • present • singular
  • počavšifeminine • neuter • past • singular
  • -plural • present
  • počavšepast • plural
  • The verb počít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Conjugation

Infinitive:počít, počíti
I
počnu
we
počneme
you (sg)
počneš
you (pl)
počnete
he/she/it
počne
they
počnou

Full conjugation of počít

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