Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech chřadnúti, from Proto-Slavic *xrędnǫti.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
chřadnout impf (perfective zchřadnout)
- to waste away, to wither away, to pine away, to languish
- Synonyms: chátrat, scházet, slábnout, skomírat, hynout
- Bez vitamínů tělo chřadne. ― Without vitamins, the body withers.
- Město živořilo a chřadlo. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Květiny v přetopené místnosti chřadly. ― The flowers withered in the overheated room.
Conjugation
Conjugation of chřadnout
| infinitive
|
chřadnout, chřadnouti
|
active adjective
|
chřadnoucí
|
| verbal noun
|
chřadnutí
|
passive adjective
|
chřadnutý
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
chřadnu |
chřadneme |
— |
chřadněme
|
| 2nd person
|
chřadneš |
chřadnete |
chřadni |
chřadněte
|
| 3rd person
|
chřadne |
chřadnou |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive chřadnout.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
chřadl, chřadnul |
chřadli, chřadnuli |
chřadnut |
chřadnuti
|
| masculine inanimate
|
chřadly, chřadnuly |
chřadnuty
|
| feminine
|
chřadla, chřadnula |
chřadnuta
|
| neuter
|
chřadlo, chřadnulo |
chřadla, chřadnula |
chřadnuto |
chřadnuta
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
chřadna |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
chřadnouc |
—
|
| plural
|
chřadnouce |
—
|
|
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrędnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 94
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