Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech žráti, from Proto-Slavic *žьrati. For the semantics, compare German fressen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʒraːt]
- Rhymes: -aːt
Verb
žrát impf (perfective sežrat)
- to eat (of animals)
- (vulgar) to eat (of people)
- (informal) to guzzle (of a vehicle)
- (transitive, informal) to be overzealous
- (informal) to believe a nonsense
Conjugation
Conjugation of žrát
| infinitive
|
žrát, žráti
|
active adjective
|
žeroucí
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
žeru |
žereme |
— |
žerme
|
| 2nd person
|
žereš |
žerete |
žer |
žerte
|
| 3rd person
|
žere |
žerou |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žrát.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
žral |
žrali |
žrán |
žráni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
žraly |
žrány
|
| feminine
|
žrala |
žrána
|
| neuter
|
žralo |
žrala |
žráno |
žrána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
žera |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
žerouc |
—
|
| plural
|
žerouce |
—
|
|
Synonyms
Further reading