žvanit

Czech

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-der.

Proto-Slavic *žuti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *-ati

Proto-Slavic *žьvati

Old Czech žváti

Czech žvanit

Inherited from Old Czech žváti. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒvaɲɪt]

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Verb

žvanit impf

1. (colloquial) to chatter, to babble

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:žvanit

Conjugation

Conjugation of žvanit

infinitive žvanit, žvaniti active adjective žvanící verbal noun žvanění passive adjective žvaněný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person žvaním žvaníme — žvaňme 2nd person žvaníš žvaníte žvaň žvaňte 3rd person žvaní žvaní — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žvanit. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate žvanil žvanili žvaněn žvaněni masculine inanimate žvanily žvaněny feminine žvanila žvaněna neuter žvanilo žvanila žvaněno žvaněna transgressives present past masculine singular žvaně — feminine + neuter singular žvaníc — plural žvaníce —

Related terms

• prožvanit
• vyžvanit
• žvanění
• žvanil

Further reading

• “žvaniti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “žvanit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “žvanit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026