kuchati

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuxati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkuxaci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkuxaci/

Verb

kuchati impf

1. to cook, carve and remove the entrails of something
2. to torture by cutting, removing a body part with a knife

Conjugation

Conjugation of kuchati (class V)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
kuchati	kuchat	kuchánie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	kuchaju	kuchávě (-va)	kuchám (-me/-my)	–	kuchajvě (-va)	kuchajme (-my)
2nd person	kucháš	kucháta	kucháte	kuchaj	kuchajta	kuchajte
3rd person	kuchá	kucháta	kuchajú	kuchaj	kuchajta	kuchajte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	kuchach	kuchachově (-va)	kuchachom (-me/-my)	kuchách, kuchajiech	kucháchově, kuchajiechově (-va)	kucháchom, kuchajiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	kucha	kuchasta (-šta)	kuchaste (-šte)	kucháše, kuchajieše	kuchášta, kuchajiešta (-sta)	kuchášte, kuchajiešte (-ste)
3rd person	kucha	kuchasta (-šta)	kuchachu	kucháše, kuchajieše	kuchášta, kuchajiešta (-sta)	kucháchu, kuchajiechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	kuchal	kuchala	kuchali	kuchán	kuchána	kucháni
Feminine	kuchala	kuchale	kuchaly	kuchána	kucháně	kuchány
Neuter	kuchalo	kuchale	kuchala	kucháno	kucháně	kuchána

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	kuchajě	kuchajúce		kuchav	kuchavše
Feminine	kuchajúci			kuchavši
Neuter	kuchajě, kuchajúci			kuchav, kuchavši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of kuchati around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: kuchat

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kuchati”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění