usnout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech usnúti, from Proto-Slavic *usъnǫti (“to fall asleep”), from *u- (“away”) + *sъpati (“to sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈusnou̯t]

Verb

usnout pf (imperfective usínat)

1. to fall asleep (to pass into sleep)

   Antonym: probudit se

   usnout na věky ― to pass away (to sleep until the end of times)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	usnout, usnouti	Active adjective	usnuvší
Verbal noun	usnutí	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	usnu	usneme	—	usněme
2nd person	usneš	usnete	usni	usněte
3rd person	usne	usnou	—	—

The verb usnout 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	usnul	usnuli	usnut	usnuti
masculine inanimate		usnuly		usnuty
feminine	usnula		usnuta
neuter	usnulo	usnula	usnuto	usnuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	usnuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	usnuvši
plural	—	usnuvše

Derived terms

• usnutí

 

Related terms

• zesnout

 

Further reading

• usnouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• usnouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• usnout in Internetová jazyková příručka