postavit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postaviti, from Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian поставити.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpostavɪt]
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Verb

postavit pf (imperfective stavět)

  1. to stand, put
  2. to stand up, set upright
  3. to build
    Tahle stěna je postavená z bahna.This wall here is made of mud.
  4. (reflexive with se, intransitive) to stand up
  5. (reflexive with se) to defy, oppose
  6. to put (a question etc in a specific manner)
    A když to postavil takto, konečně jsem pochopil, jak to myslí.And when he put it that way I could finally see what he meant.

Conjugation

Further reading

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