znobiti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *znobiti. By surface analysis, ziebsti +‎ -iti, or alternatively proposed zimní +‎ -oba +‎ -iti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈznobici/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈznobici/

Verb

znobiti impf (perfective oznobiti)

  1. (transitive) to chill, to freeze, to torment by coldness
    • 1472, Ezopovy bajky[1]:
      Zima vrúcí hada pobi,
      jeho srdce mrazem znobi.
      Muž jeden jím se slitova,
      vzem ten had, v svém domě chova.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: znobit

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