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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech brázditi. Equivalent to brázda + -it.
Pronunciation
Verb
brázdit impf
- to plough, to furrow
- Synonyms: orat, rozrývat
1888, Adolf Heyduk, “Horal”, in Obrázky:Pod strání jen tamo u vesničky dole brázdí horal pruty neplodného pole.- Down the hillside near the village, a mountaineer is ploughing the strips of a barren field.
1848, Josef Palacký, Dějiny národu českého v Čechách i v Moravě:Rovina je brázděna hlubokými stržemi a řečišti.- The plain is furrowed by deep ravines and riverbeds.
- Used in brázdit si cestu
- Synonym: klestit/razit si cestu
Babka si brázdila cestu sněhem.- The old woman made her way through the snow.
- (figuratively, with accusative object or adverbial) to move, to cruise
- Synonym: křižovat
Ptactvo brázdilo vzduch/vzduchem.- The birds flew through the air.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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brázdit, brázditi
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Active adjective
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brázdící
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| Verbal noun
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Passive adjective
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| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive brázdit. |
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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brázdě |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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brázdíc |
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| plural
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brázdíce |
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Further reading
- brázditi in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- brázditi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- brázdit in Internetová jazyková příručka