Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech tonúti, from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti. By surface analysis, topit +‎ -nout.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tonout impf

  1. (intransitive) to be drowning
    Tone poslední naděje.
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    Stráň tone v slunci.
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    Les tone v mlze.
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    Město tone v praporech.
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Conjugation

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Conjugation of tonout
infinitive tonout, tonouti active adjective tonoucí
verbal noun tonutí passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person tonu toneme toňme
2nd person toneš tonete toň toňte
3rd person tone tonou

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate tonul tonuli
masculine inanimate tonuly
feminine tonula
neuter tonulo tonula
transgressives present past
masculine singular tona
feminine + neuter singular tonouc
plural tonouce
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Further reading

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