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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech klestiti, from Proto-Slavic *klěstiti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kle‧s‧tit
Verb
klestit impf (perfective vyklestit)
- to prune, to clear
- Synonyms: osekávat, ořezat
- Porazivše duby, vezou je a doma je klestí. ― After they've cut oak trees, they transport them and prune them at home.
- to castrate
- Synonyms: vyklešťovat, kastrovat
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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klestit, klestiti
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Active adjective
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klestící
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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 klestit. |
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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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klestě |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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klestíc |
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| plural
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klestíce |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “klestiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “klestiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “klestit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)