pustit

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpuscɪt]
  • Rhymes: -uscɪt
  • Hyphenation: pu‧s‧tit

Verb

pustit pf (imperfective pouštět)

  1. to drop
  2. to let in
  3. to release, to let go
    Myslím, že ho můžu pustit do zkušebního provozu. ― I think I can put him into trial operation.
  4. (reflexive with se) to let go, to release
  5. (reflexive with se) to set about, to start [+ do (genitive) = into]
    Je čas pustit se do práce. ― Time to go to work.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive pustit, pustiti Active adjective pustivší
Verbal noun puštění Passive adjective puštěný
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person pustímpustíme—pusťme
2nd person pustíšpustítepusťpusťte
3rd person pustípustí——
The verb pustit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate pustilpustilipuštěnpuštěni
masculine inanimate pustilypuštěny
feminine pustilapuštěna
neuter pustilopustilapuštěnopuštěna
Transgressives present past
masculine singular —pustiv
feminine + neuter singular —pustivši
plural —pustivše

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