mořit
Appearance
See also: morit
Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech mořiti, from Proto-Slavic *moriti, which is a causative to *merti (“to die”) (i.e. it means "to cause dying"). Compare mořit – Etymology 2, and also mor, smrt, mařit and můra.[1]
Verb
[edit]mořit impf [16th c.]
- to torment, to torture
- 1907, Jan Herben, Do třetího a čtvrtého pokolení[1], volume 1, Emil Šolc Knihkupectví, page 304:
- Justiciár dal je zakouti spolu do želez, mořil je týden hladem, a každý den voják měl poručení, aby je bil palicí po stehnech.
- The justiciar ordered to put them into shackles, tortured them with hunger, and a soldier was commanded to slash their thighs with a club.
- to pester, to plague
- (reflexive with se) to toil
- Synonyms: trápit se, lopotit se, dřít se, namáhat se, štvát se, hmoždit se
Conjugation
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The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive mořit. |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Related to Proto-Slavic *marati (“to dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-/*mor- (“to blacken, to dirty; dirt spot”). Compare mourovatý.[2]
Verb
[edit]mořit impf [19th c.]
- to stain (to coat a wooden surface with a stain)
- 2013, Ludvík Losos, Historický nábytek: konstrukce, údržba, restaurování[4], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 226:
- Nejstarší postupy spočívaly v tom, že se mořilo dřevo roztokem měděnky v kombinaci s odvarem kampešky nebo brazilského dřeva.
- The oldest techniques were based on staining the wood with a solution of verdigris combined with decoction of logwood or Brazilwood.
- to pickle (to treat a metal surface to remove impurities)
- 2004, Šimon Vondruška with Miroslav Oehm and Jan Mohr, Zámečnictví: Tradice z pohledu dneška[5], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 57:
- Hliník možno mořit a leštit, vloží-li se nejprve do silného roztoku alkalické potaše a na to do benzinu.
- Aluminium can be pickled and polished if it has been dipped in strong solution of alcaline potash and then in petrol.
- (agriculture, of seed corn) to disinfect
Conjugation
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The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive mořit. |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mořit1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 430
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mořit2”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 430
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