rubat

See also: rubăț

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rúbati, rubati, from Proto-Slavic *rǫbati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrubat]

Verb

rubat impf

  1. (dated) to chop, to cut
    Synonyms: sekat, kácet
    Jal se hned mečem roubat stromky a proutí.
    He started chopping trees and twigs with a sword.
    Šavle rubala do těl.
    The sabre was cutting into bodies.
  2. (literary) to fight, to kill
    Synonym: pobíjet
    Sedláci rubali šlechtu.
    The peasants were slaughtering the nobility.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rubat
infinitive rubat, rubati active adjective rubající


verbal noun rubání passive adjective rubaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person rubám rubáme rubejme
2nd person rubáš rubáte rubej rubejte
3rd person rubá rubají

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate rubal rubali rubán rubáni
masculine inanimate rubaly rubány
feminine rubala rubána
neuter rubalo rubala rubáno rubána
transgressives present past
masculine singular rubaje
feminine + neuter singular rubajíc
plural rubajíce
verbs

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