žehnat

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See also: žehnať

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German segenen, from Medieval Latin signō. Compare Polish żegnać.

Pronunciation

Verb

žehnat impf

  1. to bless
    Bůh ti žehnej. ― God bless you.

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive žehnat, žehnati Active adjective žehnající
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person žehnám žehnáme — žehnejme
2nd person žehnáš žehnáte žehnej žehnejte
3rd person žehná žehnají — —
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žehnat.
Participles Past participles Passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate žehnal žehnali žehnán žehnáni
masculine inanimate žehnaly žehnány
feminine žehnala žehnána
neuter žehnalo žehnala žehnáno žehnána
Transgressives present past
masculine singular žehnaje —
feminine + neuter singular žehnajíc —
plural žehnajíce —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “žehnat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN

Further reading

  • žehnati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • žehnati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • žehnat in Internetová jazyková příručka
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