postoupit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postúpiti, from Proto-Slavic *postǫpiti. Compare Serbo-Croatian поступити.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpostou̯pɪt]

Verb

postoupit pf (imperfective postupovat)

1. to advance, move forward
2. to progress, proceed
3. to be promoted (in rank)
4. to yield, transfer, hand over

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	postoupit, postoupiti	Active adjective	postoupivší
Verbal noun	postoupení	Passive adjective	postoupený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	postoupím	postoupíme	—	postupme
2nd person	postoupíš	postoupíte	postup	postupte
3rd person	postoupí	postoupí	—	—

The verb postoupit 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	postoupil	postoupili	postoupen	postoupeni
masculine inanimate		postoupily		postoupeny
feminine	postoupila		postoupena
neuter	postoupilo	postoupila	postoupeno	postoupena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	postoupiv
feminine + neuter singular	—	postoupivši
plural	—	postoupivše

Related terms

• postup

 

Further reading

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