česat

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See also: česať

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech česati, from Proto-Slavic *česati (“comb, scratch”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *késtei. Cognates include Serbo-Croatian češljati.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: če‧sat

Verb

česat impf (perfective učesat)

  1. to comb (e.g. hair)

Verb

česat impf (perfective očesat)

  1. to pick (to remove a fruit for consumption)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive česat, česati Active adjective česající, češící
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person česám, češu česáme, češeme — česejme, češme
2nd person česáš, češeš česáte, češete česej, češ česejte, češte
3rd person česá, češe česají, češou — —
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive česat.
Participles Past participles Passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate česal česali česán česáni
masculine inanimate česaly česány
feminine česala česána
neuter česalo česala česáno česána
Transgressives present past
masculine singular česaje, češe —
feminine + neuter singular česajíc, češíc —
plural česajíce, češíce —
adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • “česati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “česati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
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