vdát

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vdáti, from Proto-Slavic *vъdati. By surface analysis, v- +‎ dát. Cognates include Russian вда́ться (vdátʹsja) and Polish wdać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdaːt]

Verb

vdát pf (imperfective vdávat)

1. (reflexive with se) to marry (of woman, to take a husband)

   Jejich dcera se vdala za sousedova syna.

   Their daughter married the neighbour's son.

2. (transitive) to marry (to give away a woman as a wife)

   Vdali svou dceru za sousedova syna.

   They married their daughter to the neighbour's son.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	vdát, vdáti	Active adjective	vdavší
Verbal noun	vdání	Passive adjective	vdaný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	vdám	vdáme	—	vdejme
2nd person	vdáš	vdáte	vdej	vdejte
3rd person	vdá	vdají	—	—

The verb vdát 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	vdal	vdali	vdán	vdáni
masculine inanimate		vdaly		vdány
feminine	vdala		vdána
neuter	vdalo	vdala	vdáno	vdána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	vdav
feminine + neuter singular	—	vdavši
plural	—	vdavše

Derived terms

• provdat
• vdaná
• vdavky
• zavdat

 

See also

• oženit

Further reading

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