Infinitive

To form infinitive version of the stem add the suffix:

-ť  -ть

If you can't use diacritics you can use:

Examples

ima~, има~ (have)

imať, imati, имать, имати (to have)

говори~, govori~ (speak)

govoriť, govoriti, говорить, говорити (to speak)

Irregular Infinitives

byť / byti (to be)
isť / iti / isti (to go)
prijti / прийти (to come)

There are also several irregular infinitives denoted in the dictionary with with ∞ mark. To create infinitive replace ∞ with ~ť or ~ti, to create past replace ∞ with ~l. They are different than their conjugation stems, for example:

dodať додать (to add), začať зачать (to begin), kupiť купить (to buy), дать dať (to give), држаť držaть (to hold), prať прать (to launder), prijať приять (to receive), jehať ехать (to ride), спать spať (to sleep), stať стать (to stand), pisať писать (to write).

The infinitive stem must be also used for past participle.

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