Czech

edit

Etymology

edit

From se- +‎ hnát.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

sehnat pf (imperfective shánět)

  1. to find, to get
    sehnat prácito get a job
    sehnat bytto get an apartment

Conjugation

edit
Conjugation of sehnat
infinitive sehnat, sehnati active adjective seženoucí


verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person seženu seženeme sežeňme
2nd person seženeš seženete sežeň sežeňte
3rd person sežene seženou

The verb sehnat 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 sehnal sehnali sehnán sehnáni
masculine inanimate sehnaly sehnány
feminine sehnala sehnána
neuter sehnalo sehnala sehnáno sehnána
transgressives present past
masculine singular sežena
feminine + neuter singular seženouc
plural seženouce

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit
  • sehnati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • sehnati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • sehnat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025