hrozit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hroziti, from Proto-Slavic *groziti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦrozɪt]
• Hyphenation: hro‧zit

Verb

hrozit impf (perfective pohrozit)

1. to threaten [+dative]

   hrozí mu... ― he is at risk of (sth) / he is in danger of (sth)

   Hrozí mu obrovské nebezpečí. ― He is in grave danger.

   Hrozí jí arytmie. ― She's at risk for an arrhythmia.

   Hrozí mu konec tenisové kariéry? ― Is he at risk of losing his tennis career?

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	hrozit, hroziti	Active adjective	hrozící
Verbal noun	hrožení	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	hrozím	hrozíme	—	hrozme
2nd person	hrozíš	hrozíte	hroz	hrozte
3rd person	hrozí	hrozí	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	hrozil	hrozili	—	—
masculine inanimate		hrozily		—
feminine	hrozila		—
neuter	hrozilo	hrozila	hroženo, hrozeno	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	hroze	—
feminine + neuter singular	hrozíc	—
plural	hrozíce	—

Derived terms

• hrozba
• ohrozit
• pohrozit
• zahrozit

 

Related terms

• hrozný
• hrůza
• vyhrožovat

 

Further reading

• hroziti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hroziti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hrozit in Internetová jazyková příručka