žnout

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech žieti, from Proto-Slavic *žęti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒnou̯t]
  • Hyphenation: sek‧nout

Verb

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žnout impf

  1. to mow, to reap
    Žnouc trávu, poranila se děvečka srpem.While she was mowing the grass, the wench hurt herself by the sickle.
    Oral, sil, žal, ale selská práce mu nebyla po chuti.He ploughed, sowed, mowed, but a farmer's work was not to his liking.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • žnouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • žnouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • žnout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)