najít

See also: najit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech najíti, from Proto-Slavic *najьti (“find”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnajiːt]

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Verb

najít pf (imperfective nacházet)

1. to find

   Synonym: nalézt

   kdo hledá, najde ― seek and ye shall find

   kdo chce psa bít, hůl si vždycky najde ― it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

Conjugation

Infinitive	najít, najíti	Active adjective	našedší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	najdu	najdeme	—	najděme
2nd person	najdeš	najdete	najdi	najděte
3rd person	najde	najdou	—	—

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	našel	našli	najit	najiti
masculine inanimate		našly		najity
feminine	našla		najita
neuter	našlo	našla	najito	najita

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	našed
feminine + neuter singular	—	našedši
plural	—	našedše

Conjugation

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

Further reading

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