troufat

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German trūwen (German trauen), probably influenced by doufat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrou̯fat]

Verb

troufat impf (perfective troufnout)

1. (reflexive with si) to dare, have the courage (to do something)

   Troufám si doufat, že pořád ještě můžeme vyhrát. ― I dare to hope we still can win.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	troufat, troufati	Active adjective	troufající
Verbal noun	troufání	Passive adjective	troufaný

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	troufám	troufáme	—	troufejme
2nd person	troufáš	troufáte	troufej	troufejte
3rd person	troufá	troufají	—	—

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

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	troufal	troufali	troufán	troufáni
masculine inanimate		troufaly		troufány
feminine	troufala		troufána
neuter	troufalo	troufala	troufáno	troufána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	troufaje	—
feminine + neuter singular	troufajíc	—
plural	troufajíce	—

Derived terms

adjectives

• troufalý
• troufavý

 

Further reading

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