líbit

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.
Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljaubī́ˀtei
Proto-Slavic *ľūbìti
Old Czech ľúbiti
Czech líbit

    Inherited from Old Czech ľúbiti.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈliːbɪt]
    • Hyphenation: lí‧bit

    Verb

    líbit impf (perfective zalíbit)

    1. (reflexive with se) to please [with dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated by English like with subject and object reversed)
      Antonym: nelíbit
      Líbí se ti tahle pohovka? ― Do you like this sofa?
      Líbíš se mi. ― I like you.
      Oni to udělají, ať se ti to líbí nebo ne. ― They'll do it, whether you like it or not.

    Usage notes

    • The person doing the liking is in the dative case, while the person/thing that is liked is in the nominative case. A comparable construction in English would be "It is pleasing to me" or "It appeals to me".
      Kočky se mi líbí. ― I like cats. (literally, “Cats are pleasing to me.”)

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of líbit
    infinitive líbit, líbiti active adjective líbící


    verbal noun líbení passive adjective —
    present forms indicative imperative
    singular plural singular plural
    1st person líbím líbíme — libme
    2nd person líbíš líbíte lib libte
    3rd person líbí líbí — —

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

    participles past participles passive participles
    singular plural singular plural
    masculine animate líbil líbili — —
    masculine inanimate líbily —
    feminine líbila —
    neuter líbilo líbila — —
    transgressives present past
    masculine singular líbě —
    feminine + neuter singular líbíc —
    plural líbíce —

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