zapadnout

Czech

Etymology

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Proto-Slavic *za-

Old Czech za-

Czech za-

Czech padnout

Czech zapadnout

From za- + padnout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzapadnou̯t]
• Hyphenation: za‧pad‧nout

Verb

zapadnout pf (imperfective zapadat)

1. to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon)

   Antonym: vyjít

   Slunce už zapadlo za obzor. ― The sun has already set below the horizon.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapadnout

infinitive zapadnout, zapadnouti active adjective zapadnuvší , zapadší verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person zapadnu zapadneme — zapadněme 2nd person zapadneš zapadnete zapadni zapadněte 3rd person zapadne zapadnou — — The verb zapadnout 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 zapadl zapadli zapadnut zapadnuti masculine inanimate zapadly zapadnuty feminine zapadla zapadnuta neuter zapadlo zapadla zapadnuto zapadnuta transgressives present past masculine singular — zapadnuv, zapad feminine + neuter singular — zapadnuvši, zapadši plural — zapadnuvše, zapadše

Derived terms

• západ m

Further reading

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