doufat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech doufati, from do- + Old Czech úfati, from Proto-Slavic *upъvati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdou̯fat]

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Verb

doufat impf (perfective zadoufat)

1. to hope

   Doufám, že neruším. ― I hope I'm not intruding.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	doufat, doufati	Active adjective	doufající
Verbal noun	doufání	Passive adjective	doufaný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	doufám	doufáme	—	doufejme
2nd person	doufáš	doufáte	doufej	doufejte
3rd person	doufá	doufají	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	doufal	doufali	doufán	doufáni
masculine inanimate		doufaly		doufány
feminine	doufala		doufána
neuter	doufalo	doufala	doufáno	doufána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	doufaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	doufajíc	—
plural	doufajíce	—

Related terms

• zoufat

 

Further reading

• “doufati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “doufati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “doufat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)