nechat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nexati, from *xajati. Cognate to Polish niechać, Slovene nẹ̑hati, Bulgarian нехая (nehaja) and Ukrainian неха́ти (nexáty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛxat]

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Verb

nechat pf (imperfective nechávat)

1. to leave (to not take away with oneself but leave as available for others)

   Nechám auto u stanice, takže si ho tam můžeš vyzvednout. ― I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.

2. to leave (to transfer responsibility or attention)

   Nemůžeme to nechat odborníkům? ― Can't we just leave this to the experts?

3. to let, allow

   Necháte nás v klidu pracovat? ― Will you let us work undisturbed?

   Nechá se to. ― It's good. It's sufficient.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	nechat, nechati	Active adjective	nechavší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	nechám	necháme	—	nechme, nechejme
2nd person	necháš	necháte	nech, nechej	nechte, nechejte
3rd person	nechá	nechají	—	—

The verb nechat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	nechal	nechali	nechán	necháni
masculine inanimate		nechaly		nechány
feminine	nechala		nechána
neuter	nechalo	nechala	necháno	nechána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	nechav
feminine + neuter singular	—	nechavši
plural	—	nechavše

Derived terms

• přenechat
• vynechat
• zanechat

 

Further reading

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