jmout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jieti, from Proto-Slavic *ęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjmou̯t]
• Hyphenation: jmout
• Rhymes: -out

Verb

jmout pf (imperfective jímat)

1. (dated) to grasp

   Synonyms: uchopit, vzít

2. (dated) to capture

   Synonyms: chytit, zajmout

3. (dated) to overwhelm

   Synonyms: uchvátit, zachvátit, zmocnit se, dojmout

   Jalo ji neblahé tušení. ― She was overwhelmed by a bad feeling.

4. (dated, reflexive with se, with following infinitive) to start, to set about

   Synonym: začít

   Jala se plakat a naříkat. ― She started crying and moaning.

Conjugation

Conjugation of jmout

infinitive jmout, jmouti active adjective jmoucí, javší verbal noun jetí passive adjective jatý present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person jmu jmeme — jměme 2nd person jmeš jmete jmi jměte 3rd person jme jmou — — The verb jmout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate jal jali jat jati masculine inanimate jaly jaty feminine jala jata neuter jalo jala jato jata transgressives present past masculine singular jma jav feminine + neuter singular jmouc javši plural jmouce javše

Derived terms

• dojmout
• najmout
• obejmout
• odejmout
• pojmout
• projmout
• přejmout
• přijmout
• sejmout
• ujmout
• vyjmout
• vzejmout
• zajmout

Further reading

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