hnít

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hníti, from Proto-Slavic *gňiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɲiːt]
• Hyphenation: hnít

Verb

hnít impf

1. to rot, to putrefy

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	hnít, hníti	Active adjective	hnijící
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	hniji, hniju (coll.)	hnijeme	—	hnijme
2nd person	hniješ	hnijete	hnij	hnijte
3rd person	hnije	hnijí, hnijou (coll.)	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	hnil	hnili	—	—
masculine inanimate		hnily		—
feminine	hnila		—
neuter	hnilo	hnila	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	hnije	—
feminine + neuter singular	hnijíc	—
plural	hnijíce	—

Related terms

• hniloba
• hnilobný
• prohnít
• shnít
• uhnít
• vyhnít
• zahnít

 

See also

• kazit se
• rozložit se
• plesnivět

Further reading

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