žhnout

Czech

Alternative forms

  • žehnout (rare), žíci (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žéci, from Proto-Slavic *žeťi (stem *žeg-), from earlier *gegti < *degti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *degtéi, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰégʷʰeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɦnou̯t]

Verb

žhnout impf

  1. to be hot, to glow
    Synonym: sálat
    Vlákno žárovky žhne.The light bulb filament is glowing.

Conjugation

Conjugation of žhnout
infinitive žhnout, žhnouti active adjective žhnoucí, žhoucí


verbal noun žehnutí, žhnutí passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person žhnu žhneme žhněme
2nd person žhneš žhnete žhni žhněte
3rd person žhne žhnou

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate žehl, žhnul žehli, žhnuli
masculine inanimate žehly, žhly, žhnuly
feminine žehla, žhla, žhnula
neuter žehlo, žhlo, žhnulo žehla, žhla, žhnula
transgressives present past
masculine singular žhna, žha
feminine + neuter singular žhnouc, žhouc
plural žhnouce, žhouce
adjectives
verbs

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