lietať

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lětati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʎi̯etac]

Verb

lietať impf

1. to fly

Usage notes

• Lietať is in the class of Slovak abstract verbs. Its counterpart, letieť is a concrete verb.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lietať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)

infinitive			lietať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		lietam	lietaš	lieta	lietame	lietate	lietajú
past	masculine	lietal som	lietal si	lietal	lietali sme	lietali ste	lietali
	feminine	lietala som	lietala si	lietala
	neuter	lietalo som	lietalo si	lietalo
past perfect	masculine	bol som lietal	bol si lietal	bol lietal	boli sme lietali	boli ste lietali	boli lietali
	feminine	bola som lietala	bola si lietala	bola lietala
	neuter	bolo som lietalo	bolo si lietalo	bolo lietalo
future		budem lietať	budeš lietať	bude lietať	budeme lietať	budete lietať	budú lietať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	lietal by som	lietal by si	lietal by	lietali by sme	lietali by ste	lietali by
	feminine	lietala by som	lietala by si	lietala by
	neuter	lietalo by som	lietalo by si	lietalo by
past	masculine	bol by som lietal	bol by si lietal	bol by lietal	boli by sme lietali	boli by ste lietali	boli by lietali
	feminine	bola by som lietala	bola by si lietala	bola by lietala
	neuter	bolo by som lietalo	bolo by si lietalo	bolo by lietalo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	lietaj	—	lietajme	lietajte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		lietajúci	—	lietaný	lietal, lietala, lietalo, lietali	lietajúc	lietanie

Further reading

• “lietať”, 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, 2003–2024