tlouct

Czech

Alternative forms

• tlouci

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tlúci, from Proto-Slavic *telťi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtlou̯t͡st]

Verb

tlouct impf

1. to hit, to beat

   Synonyms: bít, bušit, bouchat, mlátit

   Tloukli ho holemi.

   They were beating him with sticks.

   Tluče mu srdce?

   Is his heart beating?

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	tlouct, tlouci	Active adjective	tlučící, tlukoucí
Verbal noun	tlučení	Passive adjective	tlučený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	tluču, tluku	tlučeme	—	tlučme
2nd person	tlučeš	tlučete	tluč	tlučte
3rd person	tluče	tlučou, tlukou	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	tloukl	tloukli	tlučen	tlučeni
masculine inanimate		tloukly		tlučeny
feminine	tloukla		tlučena
neuter	tlouklo	tloukla	tlučeno	tlučena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	tluče, tluka	—
feminine + neuter singular	tlučíc, tlukouc	—
plural	tlučíce, tlukouce	—

Derived terms

• natlouct
• otlouct
• potlouct
• potloukat
• roztlouct
• stlouct
• tlučhuba
• tlukot
• utlouct
• vytlouct
• zatlouct

 

Further reading

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