žehnať

See also: žehnat

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German segenen, from Medieval Latin signō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeɦnac/, [ˈʒeɦnac]
• Rhymes: -eɦnac
• Hyphenation: žeh‧nať

Verb

žehnať impf (perfective požehnať)

1. to bless

Conjugation

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

infinitive			žehnať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		žehnám	žehnáš	žehná	žehnáme	žehnáte	žehnajú
past	masculine	žehnal som	žehnal si	žehnal	žehnali sme	žehnali ste	žehnali
	feminine	žehnala som	žehnala si	žehnala
	neuter	žehnalo som	žehnalo si	žehnalo
past perfect	masculine	bol som žehnal	bol si žehnal	bol žehnal	boli sme žehnali	boli ste žehnali	boli žehnali
	feminine	bola som žehnala	bola si žehnala	bola žehnala
	neuter	bolo som žehnalo	bolo si žehnalo	bolo žehnalo
future		budem žehnať	budeš žehnať	bude žehnať	budeme žehnať	budete žehnať	budú žehnať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	žehnal by som	žehnal by si	žehnal by	žehnali by sme	žehnali by ste	žehnali by
	feminine	žehnala by som	žehnala by si	žehnala by
	neuter	žehnalo by som	žehnalo by si	žehnalo by
past	masculine	bol by som žehnal	bol by si žehnal	bol by žehnal	boli by sme žehnali	boli by ste žehnali	boli by žehnali
	feminine	bola by som žehnala	bola by si žehnala	bola by žehnala
	neuter	bolo by som žehnalo	bolo by si žehnalo	bolo by žehnalo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	žehnaj	—	žehnajme	žehnajte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		žehnajúci	—	žehnaný	žehnal, žehnala, žehnalo, žehnali	žehnajúc	žehnanie

Further reading

• “žehnať”, 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, 2003–2026