sáhnout

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sáhnúti, from Proto-Slavic *sęgnǫti.

Pronunciation

Verb

sáhnout pf (imperfective sahat)

  1. to reach
  2. to touch

Conjugation

Conjugation of sáhnout
infinitive sáhnout, sáhnouti active adjective sáhnuvší
verbal noun sáhnutí passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person sáhnu sáhneme sáhněme
2nd person sáhneš sáhnete sáhni sáhněte
3rd person sáhne sáhnou

The verb sáhnout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate sáhl sáhli
masculine inanimate sáhly
feminine sáhla
neuter sáhlo sáhla
transgressives present past
masculine singular sáhnuv
feminine + neuter singular sáhnuvši
plural sáhnuvše

Further reading

  • sáhnouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • sáhnouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • sáhnout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025