trnout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech trnúti, from Proto-Slavic *tьrpnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtr̩nou̯t]

Verb

trnout impf

1. to go numb

   Ze zmrzliny mi trnou zuby. ― Ice cream hurts my teeth.

2. to shudder, to be horrified

   Trnula strachem. ― She shuddered.

3. to fear for

   Trnul nad tím, co byl slyšel. ― He was terrified by what he had heard.

   Trnula o svůj život. ― She feared for her life.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	trnout, trnouti	Active adjective	trnoucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	trnu	trneme	—	trňme
2nd person	trneš	trnete	trň	trňte
3rd person	trne	trnou	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	trnul	trnuli	trnut	trnuti
masculine inanimate		trnuly		trnuty
feminine	trnula		trnuta
neuter	trnulo	trnula	trnuto	trnuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	trna	—
feminine + neuter singular	trnouc	—
plural	trnouce	—

Derived terms

• otrnout
• strnout
• ustrnout
• zatrnout

 

Further reading

• trnouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• trnouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• trnout in Internetová jazyková příručka