modliti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmodlici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmodlici/

Verb

modliti impf

1. (reflexive with sě) to pray

   Synonyms: prositi, sdrávěti

   Pohané sě modlé viece bohóm.

   Pagans pray to more gods.

Conjugation

Conjugation of modliti (class IV)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
modliti	modlit	modľenie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	modľu	modlívě (-va)	modlím (-me/-my)	–	modlivě (-va)	modlim (-me/-my)
2nd person	modlíš	modlíta	modlíte	modli	modlita	modlite
3rd person	modlí	modlíta	modlé	modli	modlita	modlite

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	modlich	modlichově (-va)	modlichom (-me/-my)	modléch	modléchově (-va)	modléchom (-me/-my)
2nd person	modli	modlista (-šta)	modliste (-šte)	modléše	modléšta (-sta)	modléšte (-ste)
3rd person	modli	modlista (-šta)	modlichu	modléše	modléšta (-sta)	modléchu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	modlil	modlila	modlili	—	—	—
Feminine	modlila	modlile	modlily	—	—	—
Neuter	modlilo	modlile	modlila	—	—	—

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	modle	modléce		modliv	modlivše
Feminine	modléci			modlivši
Neuter	modle, modléci			modliv, modlivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of modliti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• modlba
• modlitva

 

Descendants

• Czech: modlit

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “modliti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění