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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech zemřieti. From z- + mřít.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ze‧mřít
Verb
zemřít pf (imperfective zmírat)
- to die, to pass away, to decease
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zemřít
- Na co zemřel? ― What did he die of?
- Její kolegyně zemřela pod koly nezidentifikovaného auta. ― Her colleague died after being run over by an unidentified car.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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zemřít, zemříti
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Active adjective
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zemřevší
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| Verbal noun
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The verb zemřít does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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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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zemřev
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| feminine + neuter singular
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zemřevši
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| plural
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zemřevše
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Further reading
- “zemříti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “zemříti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “zemřít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)