postava

See also: postavă

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postava, from Proto-Slavic *postava.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpostava]
  • Hyphenation: pos‧ta‧va

Noun

postava f

  1. character (being in a story)
  2. figure (human figure; shape of human body)

Declension
Declension of postava (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative postava postavy
genitive postavy postav
dative postavě postavám
accusative postavu postavy
vocative postavo postavy
locative postavě postavách
instrumental postavou postavami

Further reading
  • postava in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • postava in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • postava in Internetová jazyková příručka

Italian

Verb

postava

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of postare

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postava.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpostaʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpostava/

Noun

postava f

  1. character
  2. figure

Declension
Declension of postava (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative postava postavě postavy
genitive postavy postavú postav
dative postavě postavama postavám
accusative postavu postavě postavy
vocative postavo postavě postavy
locative postavě postavú postavách
instrumental postavú postavama postavami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: postava

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

postava

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of postar
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