Czech
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German schërmen (“to fence, to screen, to protect”),[1] from Old High German skirmen,[2] + -ovat.
Pronunciation
Verb
šermovat impf
- to fence (to engage in the sport of fencing)
Conjugation
Conjugation of šermovat
| infinitive
|
šermovat, šermovati
|
active adjective
|
šermující
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
šermuji,
šermuju (coll.) |
šermujeme |
— |
šermujme
|
| 2nd person
|
šermuješ |
šermujete |
šermuj |
šermujte
|
| 3rd person
|
šermuje |
šermují,
šermujou (coll.) |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive šermovat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
šermoval |
šermovali |
šermován |
šermováni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
šermovaly |
šermovány
|
| feminine
|
šermovala |
šermována
|
| neuter
|
šermovalo |
šermovala |
šermováno |
šermována
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
šermuje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
šermujíc |
—
|
| plural
|
šermujíce |
—
|
|
References
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “šermovat”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading