tonout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tonúti, from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti. By surface analysis, topit +‎ -nout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtonou̯t]

Verb

tonout impf

1. (intransitive) to be drowning

   Tone poslední naděje.

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   Stráň tone v slunci.

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   Les tone v mlze.

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   Město tone v praporech.

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Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	tonout, tonouti	Active adjective	tonoucí
Verbal noun	tonutí	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	tonu	toneme	—	toňme
2nd person	toneš	tonete	toň	toňte
3rd person	tone	tonou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive tonout.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	tonul	tonuli	—	—
masculine inanimate		tonuly		—
feminine	tonula		—
neuter	tonulo	tonula	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	tona	—
feminine + neuter singular	tonouc	—
plural	tonouce	—

Related terms

• potonout
• utonout
• vtonout
• vytonout
• zatonout
• ztonout

 

Further reading

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