tlouct

Czech

Alternative forms

• tlouci

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tlúci, from Proto-Slavic *telťi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtlou̯t͡st]

Verb

tlouct impf

1. to hit, to beat

   Synonyms: bít, bušit, bouchat, mlátit

   Tloukli ho holemi.

   They were beating him with sticks.

   Tluče mu srdce?

   Is his heart beating?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tlouct

infinitive tlouct, tlouci active adjective tlučící, tlukoucí verbal noun tlučení passive adjective tlučený present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person tluču, tluku tlučeme — tlučme 2nd person tlučeš tlučete tluč tlučte 3rd person tluče tlučou, tlukou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tlouct. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate tloukl tloukli tlučen tlučeni masculine inanimate tloukly tlučeny feminine tloukla tlučena neuter tlouklo tloukla tlučeno tlučena transgressives present past masculine singular tluče, tluka — feminine + neuter singular tlučíc, tlukouc — plural tlučíce, tlukouce —

Derived terms

• natlouct
• otlouct
• potlouct
• potloukat
• roztlouct
• stlouct
• tlučhuba
• tlukot
• utlouct
• vytlouct
• zatlouct

Further reading

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