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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hořěti, from Proto-Slavic *gorěti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *garḗˀtei.
Pronunciation
Verb
hořet impf (perfective shořet or uhořet)
- to burn
- Březové dřevo dobře hoří. ― Birch wood burns well.
- to feel (love), to want, to be aflame
- Hořela zvědavostí dopátrati se pravdy. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive hořet. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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hořeje |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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hořejíc |
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| plural
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hořejíce |
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Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “hořeti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hořeti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hořet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)