nosit

See also: nosiť, носит, and носить

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnosɪt]

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Verb

nosit impf

1. iterative of nést
2. to wear

   Nosí hezké šaty. ― (He/she/it) wears nice clothes.

3. to hold
4. to bring, carry

   Každý den nám listonoš nosí noviny. ― Every day, the postman brings us the newspaper.

Usage notes

Nosit is in the class of Czech abstract verbs. Its counterpart, nést, is a concrete verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	nosit, nositi	Active adjective	nosící
Verbal noun	nošení	Passive adjective	nošený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	nosím	nosíme	—	nosme
2nd person	nosíš	nosíte	nos	noste
3rd person	nosí	nosí	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive nosit.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	nosil	nosili	nošen	nošeni
masculine inanimate		nosily		nošeny
feminine	nosila		nošena
neuter	nosilo	nosila	nošeno	nošena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	nose	—
feminine + neuter singular	nosíc	—
plural	nosíce	—

Related terms

• listonoš
• nositel

 

Further reading

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