ostrouhat
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech ostrúhati, from Proto-Slavic *ostrugati. From o- + strouhat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈostrou̯ɦat]
- Hyphenation: os‧t‧rou‧hat
Verb
ostrouhat pf (imperfective ostrouhávat or ostruhovat)
- (transitive) to scrape off, to grate, to peel
- Ostrouhej mrkev! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (intransitive) to leave empty-handed, to get a raw deal
- Synonyms: špatně pochodit, pohořet
- Takových, jako jsi ty, už tu bylo, ale všichni ostrouhali. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | ostrouhám | ostrouháme | — | ostrouhejme |
| 2nd person | ostrouháš | ostrouháte | ostrouhej | ostrouhejte |
| 3rd person | ostrouhá | ostrouhají | — | — |
| The verb ostrouhat 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 | ostrouhal | ostrouhali | ostrouhán | ostrouháni |
| masculine inanimate | ostrouhaly | ostrouhány | ||
| feminine | ostrouhala | ostrouhána | ||
| neuter | ostrouhalo | ostrouhala | ostrouháno | ostrouhána |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | — | ostrouhav |
| feminine + neuter singular | — | ostrouhavši |
| plural | — | ostrouhavše |
Further reading
- ostrouhati in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ostrouhati in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989