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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dřieti, from Proto-Slavic *derti.
Pronunciation
Verb
dřít impf
- to rub, chafe, grind
- to slave away
- to swot
- (reflexive with se) to drudge, labour, toil
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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dřít, dříti
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Active adjective
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droucí, dřící
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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 dřít. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “dříti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dříti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dřít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)