žrát

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žráti, from Proto-Slavic *žьrati. For the semantics, compare German fressen.

Pronunciation

Verb

žrát impf (perfective sežrat)

  1. to eat (of animals)
  2. (vulgar) to eat (of people)
  3. (informal) to guzzle (of a vehicle)
  4. (transitive, informal) to be overzealous
  5. (informal) to believe a nonsense

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Further reading

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