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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech jieti, from Proto-Slavic *ęti.
Pronunciation
Verb
jmout pf (imperfective jímat)
- (dated) to grasp
- Synonyms: uchopit, vzít
- (dated) to capture
- Synonyms: chytit, zajmout
- (dated) to overwhelm
- Synonyms: uchvátit, zachvátit, zmocnit se, dojmout
- Jalo ji neblahé tušení. ― She was overwhelmed by a bad feeling.
- (dated, reflexive with se, with following infinitive) to start, to set about
- Synonym: začít
- Jala se plakat a naříkat. ― She started crying and moaning.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The verb jmout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “jmouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “jmouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “jmout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)