jmout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jieti, from Proto-Slavic *ęti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjmou̯t]
• Hyphenation: jmout
• Rhymes: -out

Verb

jmout pf (imperfective jímat)

1. (dated) to grasp

   Synonyms: uchopit, vzít

2. (dated) to capture

   Synonyms: chytit, zajmout

3. (dated) to overwhelm

   Synonyms: uchvátit, zachvátit, zmocnit se, dojmout

   Jalo ji neblahé tušení.

   She was overwhelmed by a bad feeling.

4. (dated, reflexive with se, with following infinitive) to start, to set about

   Synonym: začít

   Jala se plakat a naříkat.

   She started crying and moaning.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	jmout, jmouti	Active adjective	jmoucí, javší
Verbal noun	jetí	Passive adjective	jatý

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	jmu	jmeme	—	jměme
2nd person	jmeš	jmete	jmi	jměte
3rd person	jme	jmou	—	—

The verb jmout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	jal	jali	jat	jati
masculine inanimate		jaly		jaty
feminine	jala		jata
neuter	jalo	jala	jato	jata

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	jma	jav
feminine + neuter singular	jmouc	javši
plural	jmouce	javše

Derived terms

• dojmout
• najmout
• obejmout
• odejmout
• pojmout
• projmout
• přejmout
• přijmout
• sejmout
• ujmout
• vyjmout
• zajmout

 

Further reading

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