ocitnout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oťьtnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈot͡sɪtnou̯t]

Verb

ocitnout pf (imperfective ocitat)

1. (reflexive with se) to find oneself (in a place), to be caught in, to end up

   Jak jsem se ale ocitnul zrovna tady? ― How did I end up here at this moment?

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	ocitnout, ocitnouti	Active adjective	ocitnuvší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	ocitnu	ocitneme	—	ocitněme
2nd person	ocitneš	ocitnete	ocitni	ocitněte
3rd person	ocitne	ocitnou	—	—

The verb ocitnout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	ocitnul	ocitnuli	—	—
masculine inanimate		ocitnuly		—
feminine	ocitnula		—
neuter	ocitnulo	ocitnula	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	ocitnuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	ocitnuvši
plural	—	ocitnuvše

Further reading

• “ocitnouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “ocitnouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989