cenit

See also: cénit

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěniti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛɲɪt]

Verb

1. to value, to prize

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	cenit, ceniti	Active adjective	cenící
Verbal noun	cenění	Passive adjective	ceněný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	cením	ceníme	—	ceňme
2nd person	ceníš	ceníte	ceň	ceňte
3rd person	cení	cení	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive cenit.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	cenil	cenili	ceněn	ceněni
masculine inanimate		cenily		ceněny
feminine	cenila		ceněna
neuter	cenilo	cenila	ceněno	ceněna

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	ceně	—
feminine + neuter singular	ceníc	—
plural	ceníce	—

Related terms

to value

• ocenit
• docenit
• podcenit
• přecenit

• cena f
• cennost f
• ceník m

• ceněný m
• cenný m

Further reading

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Latin

Alternative forms

• ceniz

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.nit/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːnit̪]

Noun

cenit n (indeclinable)

1. (Medieval Latin, astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer)
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Plato Tiburtinus to this entry?)
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor to this entry?)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:cenit.

Descendants

• Middle English: cenyth
• ?Old French: cenit m

References

• cenith in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Middle English

Noun

cenit

1. Alternative spelling of cenyth

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Old French

Noun

cenit oblique singular, m (oblique plural ceniz or cenitz, nominative singular ceniz or cenitz, nominative plural cenit)

1. zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer)

Descendants

• Middle French: ?
  • French: zénith

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• cénit
• zenit
• zénit (rare)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic; see zenith.

Noun

cenit m (plural cenites)

1. zenith

Synonyms

• auge

Further reading

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