žnout

Czech

Alternative forms

• žít

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žieti, from Proto-Slavic *žęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒnou̯t]
• Hyphenation: sek‧nout

Verb

žnout impf

1. to mow, to reap

   Žnouc trávu, poranila se děvečka srpem. ― While she was mowing the grass, the wench hurt herself by the sickle.

   Oral, sil, žal, ale selská práce mu nebyla po chuti. ― He ploughed, sowed, mowed, but a farmer's work was not to his liking.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	žnout, žnouti	Active adjective	žnoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	žnu	žneme	—	žněme
2nd person	žneš	žnete	žni	žněte
3rd person	žne	žnou	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	žal, žnul	žali, žnuli	žat, žnut	žati, žnuti
masculine inanimate		žaly, žnuly		žaty, žnuty
feminine	žala, žnula		žata, žnuta
neuter	žalo, žnulo	žala, žnula	žato, žnuto	žata, žnuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	žna	—
feminine + neuter singular	žnouc	—
plural	žnouce	—

Derived terms

• dožínky
• nažnout
• žetí
• žnec
• žně
• žnutí

 

Further reading

• “žnouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “žnouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “žnout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)