pohnout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pohnúti, from Proto-Slavic *pogъnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦnou̯t]

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Verb

pohnout pf (imperfective pohybovat)

1. (transitive) to move

   Pohnul jsem hlavou příliš rychle. ― I moved my head too quickly.

2. (reflexive with se) to move
3. (reflexive with se) to vary, range

   Venkovní teplota se pohybuje mezi deseti a patnácti stupni. ― The outside temperature varies between 10 and 15 grades.

4. (reflexive with se) to mingle, socialize (with a specified group)

   Ten už se pohybuje mezi společenskou smetánkou. ― He already mingles with the cream of society.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pohnout

infinitive pohnout, pohnouti active adjective pohnuvší verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person pohnu pohneme — pohněme 2nd person pohneš pohnete pohni pohněte 3rd person pohne pohnou — — The verb pohnout 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 pohnul pohnuli pohnut pohnuti masculine inanimate pohnuly pohnuty feminine pohnula pohnuta neuter pohnulo pohnula pohnuto pohnuta transgressives present past masculine singular — pohnuv feminine + neuter singular — pohnuvši plural — pohnuvše

Related terms

• pohyb

Further reading

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