voliť
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *voliti. First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔʎic/, (high register) [ˈʋɔʎic], (common) [ˈʋɔlic]
- Rhymes: -ɔʎic
- Hyphenation: vo‧liť
Verb
voliť impf (perfective zvoliť)
- (transitive) to choose, to select (to decide in favor of one option among several)
- Synonym: vybrať
- V ťažkých chvíľach volí odvahu namiesto strachu. ― In difficult times, he chooses courage instead of fear.
- (transitive) to vote, to elect (to give a vote to someone in an election)
- Synonym: hlasovať
- Zajtra budeme voliť prezidenta. ― Tomorrow we will elect the president.
Conjugation
Conjugation of voliť (imperfective; class V, pattern robiť)
| infinitive | voliť | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | volím | volíš | volí | volíme | volíte | volia | |
| past | masculine | volil som | volil si | volil | volili sme | volili ste | volili |
| feminine | volila som | volila si | volila | ||||
| neuter | volilo som | volilo si | volilo | ||||
| past perfect | masculine | bol som volil | bol si volil | bol volil | boli sme volili | boli ste volili | boli volili |
| feminine | bola som volila | bola si volila | bola volila | ||||
| neuter | bolo som volilo | bolo si volilo | bolo volilo | ||||
| future | budem voliť | budeš voliť | bude voliť | budeme voliť | budete voliť | budú voliť | |
| conditional | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | masculine | volil by som | volil by si | volil by | volili by sme | volili by ste | volili by |
| feminine | volila by som | volila by si | volila by | ||||
| neuter | volilo by som | volilo by si | volilo by | ||||
| past | masculine | bol by som volil | bol by si volil | bol by volil | boli by sme volili | boli by ste volili | boli by volili |
| feminine | bola by som volila | bola by si volila | bola by volila | ||||
| neuter | bolo by som volilo | bolo by si volilo | bolo by volilo | ||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| present | — | voľ | — | voľme | voľte | — | |
| non-finite forms | participles | transgressive | verbal noun | ||||
| present active | past active | passive | l-participle | ||||
| voliaci | — | volený | volil, volila, volilo, volili | voliac | volenie | ||
Derived terms
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “voliť”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 667
Further reading
- “voliť”, 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