odpočívať

See also: odpočívat

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak odpočívať, from Proto-Slavic *otъpočivati. Cognate with Czech odpočívat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔtpɔt͡ʃiːvac/, [ˈɔtpɔt͡ʃiːʋac]
  • Rhymes: -iːvac
  • Hyphenation: od‧po‧čí‧vať

Verb

odpočívať impf (perfective odpočinúť)

  1. (intransitive) to rest (not to be in a state of strenuous activity and thus support the recovery of the organism as a whole or some of its parts) [with od (+ genitive) ‘from what’]
    Synonym: oddychovať
    • 2013, Ľubica Štefaniková, Návrat strateného meča[1], →ISBN, page 18:
      Dnes výnimočne som zostala doma, inak skoro každý večer odchádzam na stretnutie mimo domu. Cez deň odpočívam a neželám si, aby ste ma vyrušovali. Nič nie je také dôležité, aby to nemohlo počkať do večera.
      Today I stayed home for the first time; normally, I go out to meetings almost every night. I rest during the day and don't want to be disturbed. Nothing is so important that it can't wait until the evening.
  2. (intransitive) to be resting on [with na or v (+ locative) ‘where’]
  3. (intransitive, about natural objects) to be dormant, to rest (to be at rest, in inactivity)
  4. (intransitive) to rest (to be placed in some place after death) [with na or v (+ locative) ‘where’]
  5. (intransitive, colloquial, of foods) to rest (to remain at rest for a certain time and thereby acquire certain desirable properties)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further Reading

  • odpočívať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026