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Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech túžiti, from Proto-Slavic *tǫžiti.
Pronunciation
Verb
toužit impf (perfective zatoužit)
- to desire, to long (for)
Celý život toužím mít kamarády, ovšem nemám je.- All of my life, I've longed to have friends, but I don't have any.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive toužit. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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touže |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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toužíc |
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| plural
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toužíce |
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Further reading
- “toužiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “toužiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “toužit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)