Sníval

Sníval is a past tense form of the verb snívat in Czech and Slovak, meaning that it functions as the masculine singular past tense of “to dream.” It is used to describe a male subject who dreamed in the past or who was dreaming at a past moment. The form appears in narrative and reported speech to convey past dreaming or dreaming about something.

Etymology and form notes: Sníval comes from the verb snívat, which covers both literal dreaming during sleep and figurative dreaming or daydreaming. The word carries diacritics that reflect its pronunciation in Czech and Slovak. Other gender and number forms exist for the same verb (for example, feminine, neuter, and plural past forms).

Usage: In everyday language, sníval can be combined with prepositional phrases to specify what was dreamed about, for example sníval o něčem meaning “he dreamed about something.” The construction can also appear in literary prose to convey memory, aspiration, or narrative detail about a character’s past experiences. In both languages, the verb commonly appears in standard past-tense narration and can be used in various tenses when combined with auxiliary verbs or in reported speech.

See also: snění or snívanie (the noun forms related to dreaming), and the verb snívat, which covers both literal dreaming and the broader sense of dreaming or aspiring.