hnát

See also: Hnat, hnat, hnať, and Hnát

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦnaːt]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech hnáti, from Proto-Slavic *gъnati.

Verb

hnát impf

  1. to drive (cattle, sheep etc)
  2. to chase
  3. to drive, propel, power (machine)
  4. (figuratively) to push, force
Conjugation
Conjugation of hnát
infinitive hnát, hnáti active adjective ženoucí


verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person ženu ženeme žeňme
2nd person ženeš ženete žeň žeňte
3rd person žene ženou

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive hnát.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate hnal hnali hnán hnáni
masculine inanimate hnaly hnány
feminine hnala hnána
neuter hnalo hnala hnáno hnána
transgressives present past
masculine singular žena
feminine + neuter singular ženouc
plural ženouce
adjective

Further reading

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Czech hnát, from Proto-Slavic *gnatъ.

Noun

hnát m inan (diminutive hnátek)

  1. long bone of a limb
  2. (derogatory) leg, foot
    Synonym: noha
  3. (derogatory) hand
    Synonym: ruka
Declension
Alternative forms

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gnatъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦnaːt/, [ˈɦnaːt]
  • Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

hnát m inan (relational adjective hnátový, diminutive hnátik)

  1. long bone of a limb
  2. (by extension) leg, foot
    Synonym: noha
  3. (by extension, rare) hand
    Synonym: ruka

Declension

Declension of hnát
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativehnáthnáty
genitivehnátahnátov
dativehnátuhnátom
accusativehnáthnáty
locativehnátehnátoch
instrumentalhnátomhnátmi

Further reading

  • hnát”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026