kolébat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolěbati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolɛːbat]

Verb

kolébat impf

1. (transitive) to rock (move back and forth or from side to side)
2. (reflexive with se) to rock, sway
3. (reflexive with se) to waddle

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	kolébat, kolébati	Active adjective	kolébající
Verbal noun	kolébání	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	kolébám, kolébu	kolébáme, kolébeme	—	kolébejme
2nd person	kolébáš, kolébeš	kolébáte, kolébete	kolébej	kolébejte
3rd person	kolébá, kolébe	kolébají, kolébou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive kolébat.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	kolébal	kolébali	kolébán	kolébáni
masculine inanimate		kolébaly		kolébány
feminine	kolébala		kolébána
neuter	kolébalo	kolébala	kolébáno	kolébána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	kolébaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	kolébajíc	—
plural	kolébajíce	—

Derived terms

nouns

• kolébka
• ukolébavka

 

verb

• ukolébat

 

Further reading

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