zbavit

Czech

Etymology

From z- +‎ bavit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzbavɪt]

Verb

zbavit pf (imperfective zbavovat)

1. (reflexive with se) to get rid of [with genitive]

   Zbavili jsme se nervozity. ― We got rid of the jitterness.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	zbavit, zbaviti	Active adjective	zbavivší
Verbal noun	zbavení	Passive adjective	zbavený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	zbavím	zbavíme	—	zbavme
2nd person	zbavíš	zbavíte	zbav	zbavte
3rd person	zbaví	zbaví	—	—

The verb zbavit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	zbavil	zbavili	zbaven	zbaveni
masculine inanimate		zbavily		zbaveny
feminine	zbavila		zbavena
neuter	zbavilo	zbavila	zbaveno	zbavena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	zbaviv
feminine + neuter singular	—	zbavivši
plural	—	zbavivše

Related terms

• bavit
• zbavení
• zbavený
• zbavovat

 

Further reading

• “zbaviti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zbaviti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zbavit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)