pochovat

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Slavic *po-

Old Czech po-

Czech po-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der.

Proto-Slavic *xovati

Old Czech chovati

Czech chovat

Czech pochovat

From po- + chovat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoxovat]
• Hyphenation: po‧cho‧vat

Verb

pochovat pf (imperfective pochovávat)

1. to bury
2. to cradle, hug, nurse (a child in one's arms)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pochovat

infinitive pochovat, pochovati active adjective pochovavší verbal noun pochování passive adjective pochovaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person pochovám pochováme — pochovejme 2nd person pochováš pochováte pochovej pochovejte 3rd person pochová pochovají — — The verb pochovat 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 pochoval pochovali pochován pochováni masculine inanimate pochovaly pochovány feminine pochovala pochována neuter pochovalo pochovala pochováno pochována transgressives present past masculine singular — pochovav feminine + neuter singular — pochovavši plural — pochovavše

Further reading

• “pochovati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pochovati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pochovat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026