Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech slúžiti, from Proto-Slavic *služìti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈslou̯ʒɪt]
- Rhymes: -ouʒɪt
Verb
sloužit impf (perfective posloužit)
- to serve (somebody)
- to serve as, to be used as [with k (+ dative) ‘for’]
- K čemu to slouží? ― What is this used for?
- K tomu slouží. ― That's what they're for.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sloužit
| infinitive
|
sloužit, sloužiti
|
active adjective
|
sloužící
|
| verbal noun
|
sloužení
|
passive adjective
|
sloužený
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
sloužím |
sloužíme |
— |
služme
|
| 2nd person
|
sloužíš |
sloužíte |
služ |
služte
|
| 3rd person
|
slouží |
slouží |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive sloužit.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
sloužil |
sloužili |
sloužen |
slouženi
|
| masculine inanimate
|
sloužily |
slouženy
|
| feminine
|
sloužila |
sloužena
|
| neuter
|
sloužilo |
sloužila |
slouženo |
sloužena
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
slouže |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
sloužíc |
—
|
| plural
|
sloužíce |
—
|
|
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