žnout

Czech

Alternative forms

žít

Etymology

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. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation

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

žnutí
žetí
žně
dožínky
žnec

Further reading

žnouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
žnouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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