pohnout

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pohnúti, from Proto-Slavic *pogъnǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦnou̯t]

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Verb

pohnout pf (imperfective pohybovat)

1. (transitive) to move

   Pohnul jsem hlavou příliš rychle. ― I moved my head too quickly.

2. (reflexive with se) to move
3. (reflexive with se) to vary, range

   Venkovní teplota se pohybuje mezi deseti a patnácti stupni. ― The outside temperature varies between 10 and 15 grades.

4. (reflexive with se) to mingle, socialize (with a specified group)

   Ten už se pohybuje mezi společenskou smetánkou. ― He already mingles with the cream of society.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	pohnout, pohnouti	Active adjective	pohnuvší
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	pohnu	pohneme	—	pohněme
2nd person	pohneš	pohnete	pohni	pohněte
3rd person	pohne	pohnou	—	—

The verb pohnout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	pohnul	pohnuli	pohnut	pohnuti
masculine inanimate		pohnuly		pohnuty
feminine	pohnula		pohnuta
neuter	pohnulo	pohnula	pohnuto	pohnuta

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	—	pohnuv
feminine + neuter singular	—	pohnuvši
plural	—	pohnuvše

Related terms

• pohyb

 

Further reading

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