Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German segenen, from Medieval Latin signō[1] (whence also Polish żegnać, German segnen, English sain).
Pronunciation
Verb
žehnat impf
- to bless
- Bůh ti žehnej. ― God bless you.
Conjugation
Conjugation of žehnat
| infinitive
|
žehnat, žehnati
|
active adjective
|
žehnající
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
žehnám |
žehnáme |
— |
žehnejme
|
| 2nd person
|
žehnáš |
žehnáte |
žehnej |
žehnejte
|
| 3rd person
|
žehná |
žehnají |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žehnat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
žehnal |
žehnali |
žehnán |
žehnáni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
žehnaly |
žehnány
|
| feminine
|
žehnala |
žehnána
|
| neuter
|
žehnalo |
žehnala |
žehnáno |
žehnána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
žehnaje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
žehnajíc |
—
|
| plural
|
žehnajíce |
—
|
|
Derived terms
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “žehnat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN
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