Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech ľutovati (to be angry, to rage; to be sorry), from Proto-Slavic *ľutovati, from *ľutъ. By surface analysis, lítý +‎ -ovat. The change of the original meaning of lítý (ferocious) to feeling sorry may have been influenced by the phrase Je mi líto. ("I am sorry.") whose today's meaning may have originated in "I feel bad/poignant.".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪtovat]
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Verb edit

litovat impf (perfective politovat)

  1. to regret, to feel sorry

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

  • litovati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • litovati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • litovat in Internetová jazyková příručka

Finnish edit

Verb edit

litovat

  1. third-person plural present indicative of litoa