tlumit

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish tłumić, from Proto-Slavic *tъlmiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtlumɪt]

Verb

tlumit impf

1. to lower, soften, muffle (sound)
2. to soften, cushion (impact)
3. to dim (light)
4. to soothe, assuage (feeling or pain)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	tlumit, tlumiti	Active adjective	tlumící
Verbal noun	tlumení	Passive adjective	tlumený

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	tlumím	tlumíme	—	tlumme
2nd person	tlumíš	tlumíte	tlum	tlumte
3rd person	tlumí	tlumí	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	tlumil	tlumili	tlumen	tlumeni
masculine inanimate		tlumily		tlumeny
feminine	tlumila		tlumena
neuter	tlumilo	tlumila	tlumeno	tlumena

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	tlumě	—
feminine + neuter singular	tlumíc	—
plural	tlumíce	—

Derived terms

• přitlumit
• tlumič
• utlumit
• ztlumit

 

Further reading

• “tlumiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “tlumiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989