rousat

Czech

Etymology

Presumably inherited from Proto-Slavic *rusti. Compare Russian ру́сло (rúslo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrou̯sat]
• Hyphenation: rou‧sat

Verb

rousat impf

1. (transitive) to wet by wading through wet/dewy grass
2. (intransitive, reflexive with se) to wade (through wet/dewy grass), to wet oneself in wet/dewy grass

   Rousal jsem se vysokou trávou.

   I waded through high grass.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	rousat, rousati	Active adjective	rousající
Verbal noun	rousání	Passive adjective	rousaný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	rousám	rousáme	—	rousejme
2nd person	rousáš	rousáte	rousej	rousejte
3rd person	rousá	rousají	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	rousal	rousali	rousán	rousáni
masculine inanimate		rousaly		rousány
feminine	rousala		rousána
neuter	rousalo	rousala	rousáno	rousána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	rousaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	rousajíc	—
plural	rousajíce	—

Further reading

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