staviť

See also: stavit

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *staviti. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stavic/, [ˈstaʋic]
  • Rhymes: -avic
  • Hyphenation: sta‧viť

Verb

staviť pf (imperfective stavať)

  1. (transitive) to bet, to wager, to stake (to risk a sum of money or something of value on the outcome of an event)
    Synonym: vsadiť
    Včera som v dostihovom klube stavil desať eur na víťazstvo outsidera.Yesterday at the racing club, I bet ten euros on the outsider's victory.
  2. (reflexive with sa) to bet, to make a bet (to enter into a wager with someone, often about being right)
    Synonym: vsadiť
    Stavím sa s tebou o fľašu vína, že zajtra bude pršať.I'll bet you a bottle of wine that it will rain tomorrow.
  3. (reflexive with sa, colloquial) to stop by, to drop in, to swing by (to make a brief, informal visit somewhere while on the way elsewhere)
    Synonyms: zastaviť, navštíviť
    Cestou z práce sa musím nakrátko staviť u rodičov, aby som im nechal kľúče.On the way from work, I have to stop by my parents' house for a bit to leave them the keys.

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References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “staviť”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 554

Further reading

  • staviť”, 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