žehnať

See also: žehnat

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German segenen, from Medieval Latin signō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒeɦnac]

Verb

žehnať impf (perfective požehnať)

1. to bless

Conjugation

Conjugation of žehnať (class I, pattern chytať)

infinitive		žehnať
present active participle		žehnajúci
past active participle		—
passive participle		žehnaný
l-participle (m./f./n./pl.)		žehnal, žehnala, žehnalo, žehnali
transgressive		žehnajúc
gerund		žehnanie
indicative	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	žehnám	žehnáš	žehná	žehnáme	žehnáte	žehnajú
past (m./f./n.)	žehnal som žehnala som žehnalo som	žehnal si žehnala si žehnalo si	žehnal žehnala žehnalo	žehnali sme	žehnali ste	žehnali
past perfect (m./f./n.)	bol som žehnal bola som žehnala bolo som žehnalo	bol si žehnal bola si žehnala bolo si žehnalo	bol žehnal bola žehnala bolo žehnalo	boli sme žehnali	boli ste žehnali	boli žehnali
future	budem žehnať	budeš žehnať	bude žehnať	budeme žehnať	budete žehnať	budú žehnať
conditional	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present (m./f./n.)	žehnal by som žehnala by som žehnalo by som	žehnal by si žehnala by si žehnalo by si	žehnal by žehnala by žehnalo by	žehnali by sme	žehnali by ste	žehnali by
past (m./f./n.)	bol by som žehnal bola by som žehnala bolo by som žehnalo	bol by si žehnal bola by si žehnala bolo by si žehnalo	bol by žehnal bola by žehnala bolo by žehnalo	boli by sme žehnali	boli by ste žehnali	boli by žehnali
imperative	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	—	žehnaj	—	žehnajme	žehnajte	—

Further reading

• “žehnať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024