hnať

See also: Hnat, hnat, hnát, and Hnát

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъnati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɦnac]

Verb

hnať impf

1. to drive (livestock)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hnať (imperfective; class III, pattern brať)

infinitive			hnať
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		ženiem	ženieš	ženie	ženieme	ženiete	ženú
past	masculine	hnal som	hnal si	hnal	hnali sme	hnali ste	hnali
	feminine	hnala som	hnala si	hnala
	neuter	hnalo som	hnalo si	hnalo
past perfect	masculine	bol som hnal	bol si hnal	bol hnal	boli sme hnali	boli ste hnali	boli hnali
	feminine	bola som hnala	bola si hnala	bola hnala
	neuter	bolo som hnalo	bolo si hnalo	bolo hnalo
future		budem hnať	budeš hnať	bude hnať	budeme hnať	budete hnať	budú hnať
conditional		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present	masculine	hnal by som	hnal by si	hnal by	hnali by sme	hnali by ste	hnali by
	feminine	hnala by som	hnala by si	hnala by
	neuter	hnalo by som	hnalo by si	hnalo by
past	masculine	bol by som hnal	bol by si hnal	bol by hnal	boli by sme hnali	boli by ste hnali	boli by hnali
	feminine	bola by som hnala	bola by si hnala	bola by hnala
	neuter	bolo by som hnalo	bolo by si hnalo	bolo by hnalo
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
present		—	žeň	—	žeňme	žeňte	—
non-finite forms		participles				transgressive	verbal noun
		present active	past active	passive	l-participle
		ženúci	—	hnaný	hnal, hnala, hnalo, hnali	ženúc	hnanie

Further reading

• “hnať”, 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, 2003–2025