octnout

Czech

Alternative forms

• ocitnout

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech octnúti, from Proto-Slavic *oťьtnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈot͡stnou̯t]

Verb

octnout pf (imperfective ocitat)

1. (reflexive with se) to find oneself (in a place), to be caught in, to end up

   Jak jsem se ale ocitnul zrovna tady? ― How did I end up here at this moment?

Conjugation

Conjugation of octnout

infinitive octnout, octnouti active adjective octnuvší verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person octnu octneme — octněme 2nd person octneš octnete octni octněte 3rd person octne octnou — — The verb octnout 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 octl, octnul octli, octnuli — — masculine inanimate octly, octnuly — feminine octla, octnula — neuter octlo, octnulo octla, octnula — — transgressives present past masculine singular — octnuv feminine + neuter singular — octnuvši plural — octnuvše

Further reading

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