houst

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hústi, from Proto-Slavic *gǫsti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯st]

Verb

houst impf

1. (archaic) to play a music instrument

   Synonym: hrát

   Pěkně hudl na housle. ― He played the violin very well.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	houst, housti	Active adjective	hudoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	hudu	hudeme	—	huďme
2nd person	hudeš	hudete	huď	huďte
3rd person	hude	hudou	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	hudl	hudli	—	—
masculine inanimate		hudly		—
feminine	hudla		—
neuter	hudlo	hudla	—	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	huda	—
feminine + neuter singular	hudouc	—
plural	hudouce	—

Related terms

nouns

• houdek
• housle
• hudba
• hudebník
• hudec
• hudení

 

Further reading

• “housti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “housti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “houst”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)