síct

Czech

Alternative forms

• síci

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sieci, from Proto-Slavic *sěťi, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsiːt͡st]

Verb

síct impf

1. to mow
2. to reap

Usage notes

The past participle sekl isn't normally used in imperfective meaning, but rather as the past participle of imperfective seknout. This verb síct and its forms are usually interchangeable with those of sekat with the infinitive sekat being more common.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	síct, síct	Active adjective	sečící, sekoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	sečený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	seču	sečeme	—	sečme
2nd person	sečeš	sečete	seč	sečte
3rd person	seče	sečou	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	(rare) sekl	(rare) sekli	sečen	sečeni
masculine inanimate		(rare) sekly		sečeny
feminine	(rare) sekla		sečena
neuter	(rare) seklo	(rare) sekla	sečeno	sečena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	seče, seka	—
feminine + neuter singular	sečíc, sekouc	—
plural	sečíce, sekouce	—

Synonyms

• sekat

Further reading

• síci in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• síci in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989