mlčet

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Czech

Alternative forms

mlčeti (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mlčěti, from Proto-Slavic *mьlčati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mlčet impf (perfective pomlčet)

not to speak, to be silent
Antonym: mluvit

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	mlčet, mlčeti	Active adjective	mlčící, mlčevší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	mlčím	mlčíme	—	mlčme
2nd person	mlčíš	mlčíte	mlč	mlčte
3rd person	mlčí	mlčí	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive mlčet.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	mlčel	mlčeli	—	—
masculine inanimate	mlčel	mlčely	—	—
feminine	mlčela	mlčely	—	—
neuter	mlčelo	mlčela	mlčeno	—

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	mlče	mlčev
feminine + neuter singular	mlčíc	mlčevši
plural	mlčíce	mlčevše

Derived terms

Further reading

“mlčeti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“mlčeti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“mlčet”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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