žehnať

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See also: žehnat

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German segenen, from Medieval Latin signō.

Pronunciation

Verb

žehnať impf (perfective požehnať)

  1. to bless

Conjugation

Conjugation of žehnať (imperfective; class I, pattern chytať)
infinitive žehnať
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
presentžehnám žehnáš žehná žehnáme žehnáte žehnajú
past masculine žehnal som žehnal si žehnal žehnali sme žehnali ste žehnali
feminine žehnala som žehnala si žehnala
neuter žehnalo som žehnalo si žehnalo
past perfect masculine bol som žehnal bol si žehnal bol žehnal boli sme žehnali boli ste žehnali boli žehnali
feminine bola som žehnala bola si žehnala bola žehnala
neuter bolo som žehnalo bolo si žehnalo bolo žehnalo
futurebudem žehnať budeš žehnať bude žehnať budeme žehnať budete žehnať budú žehnať
conditional singular plural
first second third first second third
present masculine žehnal by som žehnal by si žehnal by žehnali by sme žehnali by ste žehnali by
feminine žehnala by som žehnala by si žehnala by
neuter žehnalo by som žehnalo by si žehnalo by
past masculine bol by som žehnal bol by si žehnal bol by žehnal boli by sme žehnali boli by ste žehnali boli by žehnali
feminine bola by som žehnala bola by si žehnala bola by žehnala
neuter bolo by som žehnalo bolo by si žehnalo bolo by žehnalo
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
present— žehnaj — žehnajme žehnajte —
non-finite forms participles transgressive verbal noun
present active past active passive l-participle
žehnajúci — žehnaný žehnal, žehnala, žehnalo, žehnali žehnajúc žehnanie

Further reading

  • “žehnať”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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