žnout

Czech

Alternative forms

• žít

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žieti, from Proto-Slavic *žęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒnou̯t]
• Hyphenation: sek‧nout

Verb

žnout impf

1. to mow, to reap

   Žnouc trávu, poranila se děvečka srpem. ― While she was mowing the grass, the wench hurt herself by the sickle.

   Oral, sil, žal, ale selská práce mu nebyla po chuti. ― He ploughed, sowed, mowed, but a farmer's work was not to his liking.

Conjugation

Conjugation of žnout

infinitive žnout, žnouti active adjective žnoucí verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person žnu žneme — žněme 2nd person žneš žnete žni žněte 3rd person žne žnou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žnout. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate žal, žnul žali, žnuli žat, žnut žati, žnuti masculine inanimate žaly, žnuly žaty, žnuty feminine žala, žnula žata, žnuta neuter žalo, žnulo žala, žnula žato, žnuto žata, žnuta transgressives present past masculine singular žna — feminine + neuter singular žnouc — plural žnouce —

Derived terms

• dožínky
• nažnout
• žetí
• žnec
• žně
• žnutí

Further reading

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