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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech slúžiti, from Proto-Slavic *služìti.
Pronunciation
Verb
sloužit impf (perfective posloužit)
- to serve (somebody)
- to serve as, to be used as
- K čemu to slouží? ― What is this used for?
- K tomu slouží. ― That's what they're for.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive sloužit. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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slouže |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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sloužíc |
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| plural
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sloužíce |
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Further reading
- “sloužiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “sloužiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “sloužit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)