pretekať
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
From pre- + -tekať, which is the imperfective form of tiecť used in compounds. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teťi (“to flow, run”) from earlier *tekti, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”).
The primary meaning of the word tiecť and its compounds is to flow (sense 1), but the other meaning, to run, has been preserved in some compounds (sense 2).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
pretekať impf
- imperfective of pretiecť
- to race, to compete
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of pretekať (class I, pattern chytať)
| infinitive | pretekať | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present active participle | pretekajúci | |||||
| past active participle | — | |||||
| passive participle | — | |||||
| l-participle (m./f./n./pl.) | pretekal, pretekala, pretekalo, pretekali | |||||
| transgressive | pretekajúc | |||||
| gerund | pretekanie | |||||
| indicative | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| present | pretekám | pretekáš | preteká | pretekáme | pretekáte | pretekajú |
| past (m./f./n.) | pretekal som pretekala som pretekalo som |
pretekal si pretekala si pretekalo si |
pretekal pretekala pretekalo |
pretekali sme | pretekali ste | pretekali |
| past perfect (m./f./n.) | bol som pretekal bola som pretekala bolo som pretekalo |
bol si pretekal bola si pretekala bolo si pretekalo |
bol pretekal bola pretekala bolo pretekalo |
boli sme pretekali | boli ste pretekali | boli pretekali |
| future | budem pretekať | budeš pretekať | bude pretekať | budeme pretekať | budete pretekať | budú pretekať |
| conditional | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| present (m./f./n.) | pretekal by som pretekala by som pretekalo by som |
pretekal by si pretekala by si pretekalo by si |
pretekal by pretekala by pretekalo by |
pretekali by sme | pretekali by ste | pretekali by |
| past (m./f./n.) | bol by som pretekal bola by som pretekala bolo by som pretekalo |
bol by si pretekal bola by si pretekala bolo by si pretekalo |
bol by pretekal bola by pretekala bolo by pretekalo |
boli by sme pretekali | boli by ste pretekali | boli by pretekali |
| imperative | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| present | — | pretekaj | — | pretekajme | pretekajte | — |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pretekať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024