Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Czech žieti, from Proto-Slavic *žęti.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ˈʒnou̯t]
- Hyphenation: sek‧nout
žnout impf
- to mow, to reap
- Žnouc trávu, poranila se děvečka srpem. ― While she was mowing the grass, the wench hurt herself by the sickle.
- Oral, sil, žal, ale selská práce mu nebyla po chuti. ― He ploughed, sowed, mowed, but a farmer's work was not to his liking.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation
Infinitive
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žnout, žnouti
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Active adjective
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žnoucí
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Verbal noun
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—
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Passive adjective
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—
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The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žnout. |
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Participles |
Past participles |
Passive participles
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singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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masculine animate
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žal, žnul |
žali, žnuli |
žat, žnut |
žati, žnuti
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masculine inanimate
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žaly, žnuly |
žaty, žnuty
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feminine
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žala, žnula |
žata, žnuta
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neuter
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žalo, žnulo |
žala, žnula |
žato, žnuto |
žata, žnuta
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Transgressives
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present
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past
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masculine singular
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žna |
—
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feminine + neuter singular
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žnouc |
—
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plural
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žnouce |
—
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Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- žnouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- žnouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- žnout in Internetová jazyková příručka