ostrouhat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ostrúhati, from Proto-Slavic *ostrugati. Equivalent to o- +‎ strouhat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈostrou̯ɦat]
• Hyphenation: os‧t‧rou‧hat

Verb

ostrouhat pf (imperfective ostrouhávat or ostruhovat)

1. (transitive) to scrape off, to grate, to peel

   Ostrouhej mrkev! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (intransitive) to leave empty-handed, to get a raw deal

   Synonyms: špatně pochodit, pohořet

   Takových, jako jsi ty, už tu bylo, ale všichni ostrouhali. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	ostrouhat, ostrouhati	Active adjective	ostrouhavší
Verbal noun	ostrouhání	Passive adjective	ostrouhaný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	ostrouhám	ostrouháme	—	ostrouhejme
2nd person	ostrouháš	ostrouháte	ostrouhej	ostrouhejte
3rd person	ostrouhá	ostrouhají	—	—

The verb ostrouhat 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	ostrouhal	ostrouhali	ostrouhán	ostrouháni
masculine inanimate		ostrouhaly		ostrouhány
feminine	ostrouhala		ostrouhána
neuter	ostrouhalo	ostrouhala	ostrouháno	ostrouhána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	ostrouhav
feminine + neuter singular	—	ostrouhavši
plural	—	ostrouhavše

Further reading

• “ostrouhati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ostrouhati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “ostrouhat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)