žvatlat

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʒvatlat]

Verb

žvatlat impf (perfective zažvatlat)

(colloquial) to babble, to prattle
Dítě začalo žvatlat „mami“. ― The child started babbling "mum".

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	žvatlat, žvatlati	Active adjective	žvatlající
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	žvatlám	žvatláme	—	žvatlejme
2nd person	žvatláš	žvatláte	žvatlej	žvatlejte
3rd person	žvatlá	žvatlají	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	žvatlal	žvatlali	žvatlán	žvatláni
masculine inanimate	žvatlal	žvatlaly	žvatlán	žvatlány
feminine	žvatlala	žvatlaly	žvatlána	žvatlány
neuter	žvatlalo	žvatlala	žvatláno	žvatlána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	žvatlaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	žvatlajíc	—
plural	žvatlajíce	—

Further reading

žvatlati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
žvatlati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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