tonout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tonúti, from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti. By surface analysis, topit +‎ -nout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtonou̯t]

Verb

tonout impf

1. (intransitive) to be drowning

   Tone poslední naděje.

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   Stráň tone v slunci.

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   Les tone v mlze.

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   Město tone v praporech.

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Conjugation

Conjugation of tonout

infinitive tonout, tonouti active adjective tonoucí verbal noun tonutí passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person tonu toneme — toňme 2nd person toneš tonete toň toňte 3rd person tone tonou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tonout. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate tonul tonuli — — masculine inanimate tonuly — feminine tonula — neuter tonulo tonula — — transgressives present past masculine singular tona — feminine + neuter singular tonouc — plural tonouce —

Related terms

• potonout
• utonout
• vtonout
• vytonout
• zatonout
• ztonout

Further reading

• “tonouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tonouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tonout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025