tlumit

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish tłumić, from Proto-Slavic *tъlmiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtlumɪt]

Verb

tlumit impf (perfective ztlumit)

  1. to lower, soften, muffle (sound)
  2. to soften, cushion (impact)
  3. to dim (light)
  4. to soothe, assuage (feeling or pain)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tlumit
infinitive tlumit, tlumiti active adjective tlumící


verbal noun tlumení passive adjective tlumený
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person tlumím tlumíme tlumme
2nd person tlumíš tlumíte tlum tlumte
3rd person tlumí tlumí

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate tlumil tlumili tlumen tlumeni
masculine inanimate tlumily tlumeny
feminine tlumila tlumena
neuter tlumilo tlumila tlumeno tlumena
transgressives present past
masculine singular tlumě
feminine + neuter singular tlumíc
plural tlumíce

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