trnout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech trnúti, from Proto-Slavic *tьrpnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtr̩nou̯t]

Verb

trnout impf

1. to go numb

   Ze zmrzliny mi trnou zuby. ― Ice cream hurts my teeth.

2. to shudder, to be horrified

   Trnula strachem. ― She shuddered.

3. to fear for

   Trnul nad tím, co byl slyšel. ― He was terrified by what he had heard.

   Trnula o svůj život. ― She feared for her life.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trnout

infinitive trnout, trnouti active adjective trnoucí verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person trnu trneme — trňme 2nd person trneš trnete trň trňte 3rd person trne trnou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive trnout. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate trnul trnuli trnut trnuti masculine inanimate trnuly trnuty feminine trnula trnuta neuter trnulo trnula trnuto trnuta transgressives present past masculine singular trna — feminine + neuter singular trnouc — plural trnouce —

Derived terms

• otrnout
• strnout
• ustrnout
• zatrnout

Related terms

• trpět

Further reading

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