žnout

Czech

Alternative forms

žít

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

žnout impf

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

Conjugation

Infinitive	žnout, žnouti	Active adjective	žnoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	žnu	žneme	—	žněme
2nd person	žneš	žnete	žni	žněte
3rd person	žne	žnou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žnout.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	žal, žnul	žali, žnuli	žat, žnut	žati, žnuti
masculine inanimate	žal, žnul	žaly, žnuly	žat, žnut	žaty, žnuty
feminine	žala, žnula	žaly, žnuly	žata, žnuta	žaty, žnuty
neuter	žalo, žnulo	žala, žnula	žato, žnuto	žata, žnuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	žna	—
feminine + neuter singular	žnouc	—
plural	žnouce	—

Derived terms

dožínky
nažnout
žetí
žnec
žně
žnutí

Further reading

žnouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
žnouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
žnout in Internetová jazyková příručka

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