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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech žráti, from Proto-Slavic *žьrati. For the semantics, compare German fressen.
Pronunciation
Verb
žrát impf (perfective sežrat)
- to eat (of animals)
- (vulgar) to eat (of people)
- (informal) to guzzle (of a vehicle)
- (transitive, informal) to be overzealous
- (informal) to believe a nonsense
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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žrát, žráti
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Active adjective
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žeroucí
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| Verbal noun
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žrát. |
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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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žera |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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žerouc |
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| plural
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žerouce |
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Synonyms
Further reading
- “žráti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “žráti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žrát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)