rubat

Czech

Alternative forms

• roubat (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech rúbati, rubati, from Proto-Slavic *rǫbati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubat]

Verb

rubat impf

1. (dated) to chop, to cut

   Synonyms: sekat, kácet

   Jal se hned mečem roubat stromky a proutí.

   He started chopping trees and twigs.

   Šavle rubala do těl.

   The sabre was cutting into bodies.

2. (literary) to fight, to kill

   Synonym: pobíjet

   Sedláci rubali šlechtu.

   The peasants were slaughtering the nobility.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rubat

infinitive rubat, rubati active adjective rubající verbal noun rubání passive adjective rubaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person rubám rubáme — rubejme 2nd person rubáš rubáte rubej rubejte 3rd person rubá rubají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive rubat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate rubal rubali rubán rubáni masculine inanimate rubaly rubány feminine rubala rubána neuter rubalo rubala rubáno rubána transgressives present past masculine singular rubaje — feminine + neuter singular rubajíc — plural rubajíce —

Related terms

(nouns):

• roub
• roubisko
• roubíček
• roubík

(verbs):

• roubat
• roubovat
• rubnout

Further reading

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