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mést

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See also: mest, Mest, měst, мест, and месть

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech mésti, from Proto-Slavic *mesti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mést impf

  1. to sweep
    Nové koště dobře mete. ― New broom sweeps clean.

Conjugation

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Conjugation
Infinitive mést, mésti Active adjective metoucí
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person metu meteme — meťme
2nd person meteš metete meť meťte
3rd person mete metou — —
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive mést.
Participles Past participles Passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate metl metli meten meteni
masculine inanimate metly meteny
feminine metla metena
neuter metlo metla meteno metena
Transgressives present past
masculine singular meta —
feminine + neuter singular metouc —
plural metouce —

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German meist

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmest/
  • Rhymes: -est
  • Syllabification: mést

Adverb

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mést (not comparable)

  1. mostly, usually
    • 1885, Hieronim Derdowski, Jasiek z knieji : sporo kupa łgorstw kaszebściech‎[1], page 13:
      Biję sę w pierse ze schyloną głową.
      Że sprawiedliwie prowdą kożde słowo,
      A mest łże jednak, że sę włose jeżą
      He beats his chest with his head bowed
      That he speaks every word fairly
      But mostly he lies, that the hair stands on end

Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “mést”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 100
  • “mést”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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