ztlumit

Czech

Etymology

From z- +‎ tlumit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstlumɪt]

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Verb

ztlumit pf (imperfective ztlumovat)

1. to lower, soften, muffle (sound)
2. to soften, cushion (impact)
3. to dim (light)
4. to soothe, assuage (feeling or pain)

Usage notes

• The usual term used as an imperfective form of ztlumit is tlumit rather than the rare term ztlumovat, which is considered non-standard.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	ztlumit, ztlumiti	Active adjective	ztlumivší
Verbal noun	ztlumení	Passive adjective	ztlumený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	ztlumím	ztlumíme	—	ztlumme
2nd person	ztlumíš	ztlumíte	ztlum	ztlumte
3rd person	ztlumí	ztlumí	—	—

The verb ztlumit 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	ztlumil	ztlumili	ztlumen	ztlumeni
masculine inanimate		ztlumily		ztlumeny
feminine	ztlumila		ztlumena
neuter	ztlumilo	ztlumila	ztlumeno	ztlumena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	ztlumiv
feminine + neuter singular	—	ztlumivši
plural	—	ztlumivše

Further reading

• “ztlumiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ztlumiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989