houst

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hústi, from Proto-Slavic *gǫsti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯st]

Verb

houst impf

1. (archaic) to play a music instrument

   Synonym: hrát

   Pěkně hudl na housle. ― He played the violin very well.

Conjugation

Conjugation of houst

infinitive houst, housti active adjective hudoucí verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person hudu hudeme — huďme 2nd person hudeš hudete huď huďte 3rd person hude hudou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive houst. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate hudl hudli — — masculine inanimate hudly — feminine hudla — neuter hudlo hudla — — transgressives present past masculine singular huda — feminine + neuter singular hudouc — plural hudouce —

Related terms

(nouns):

• houdek
• housle
• hudba
• hudebník
• hudec
• hudení
• hudlař

Further reading

• “housti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “housti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “houst”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025