môcť

See also: moct and móct

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mu̯ot͡sc]

Verb

1. can, be able to
2. may, be allowed to

Conjugation

Conjugation of môcť (imperfective; class III, pattern niesť)

infinitive			môcť
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		môžem	môžeš	môže	môžeme	môžete	môžu
past	masculine	mohol som	mohol si	mohol	mohli sme	mohli ste	mohli
	feminine	mohla som	mohla si	mohla
	neuter	mohlo som	mohlo si	mohlo
past perfect	masculine	bol som mohol	bol si mohol	bol mohol	boli sme mohli	boli ste mohli	boli mohli
	feminine	bola som mohla	bola si mohla	bola mohla
	neuter	bolo som mohlo	bolo si mohlo	bolo mohlo
future		budem môcť	budeš môcť	bude môcť	budeme môcť	budete môcť	budú môcť
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	mohol by som	mohol by si	mohol by	mohli by sme	mohli by ste	mohli by
	feminine	mohla by som	mohla by si	mohla by
	neuter	mohlo by som	mohlo by si	mohlo by
past	masculine	bol by som mohol	bol by si mohol	bol by mohol	boli by sme mohli	boli by ste mohli	boli by mohli
	feminine	bola by som mohla	bola by si mohla	bola by mohla
	neuter	bolo by som mohlo	bolo by si mohlo	bolo by mohlo
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		—	—	—	mohol, mohla, mohlo, mohli	môžuc	moženie

Further reading

• “môcť”, 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, 2024