dmout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dúti, from Proto-Slavic *duti. Doublet of dout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdmou̯t]

Verb

dmout impf (perfective nadmout)

1. (reflexive with se) to heave, to surge, to billow

   Dmuli se pýchou. ― They swelled with pride.

2. to blow up, to inflate

   Synonyms: nadýmat, nafukovat

   Trubač dme tváře ― The bugler is puffing out his cheeks.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	dmout, dmouti	Active adjective	dmoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	dmu	dmeme	—	dměme
2nd person	dmeš	dmete	dmi	dměte
3rd person	dme	dmou	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	dmul	dmuli	dmut	dmuti
masculine inanimate		dmuly		dmuty
feminine	dmula		dmuta
neuter	dmulo	dmula	dmuto	dmuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	dma	—
feminine + neuter singular	dmouc	—
plural	dmouce	—

Related terms

• dmutí
• dmýchat
• nadmout
• vzedmout

 

Further reading

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