zout
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech zúti, from Proto-Slavic *jьzuti (“to take off (footwear)”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *áutei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-. Cognate with Latin exuere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzou̯t]
Verb
zout pf (imperfective zouvat)
- to take off (a shoe)
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | zuji, zuju (coll.) | zujeme | — | zujme |
| 2nd person | zuješ | zujete | zuj | zujte |
| 3rd person | zuje | zují, zujou (coll.) | — | — |
| Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| masculine animate | zul | zuli | zut | zuti |
| masculine inanimate | zuly | zuty | ||
| feminine | zula | zuta | ||
| neuter | zulo | zula | zuto | zuta |
| Transgressives | present | past |
|---|---|---|
| masculine singular | — | zuv |
| feminine + neuter singular | — | zuvši |
| plural | — | zuvše |
Antonyms
- obout
Related terms
Related terms
- zouvat
- obout
- přezout
- vyzout
- zouvák m
- přezůvka f
- obuv f
- zutý m
Further reading
- zouti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- zouti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɑu̯t/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: zout
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
- Homophone: zoudt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sout, from Old Dutch *salt. The noun is from Proto-Germanic *saltą, the adjective from *saltaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Compare German Salz, West Frisian sâlt, English salt, Danish salt.
Noun
zout n (plural zouten, diminutive zoutje n)
- salt
- Wie heeft er twee kilo zout in mijn soep gedaan? Nu smaakt het ranzig!
- Who's put two kilogrammes of salt in my soup? It tastes putrid now!
Derived terms
- bergzout
- keukenzout
- mijnzout
- zeezout
- zouten
- zoutloos
- zoutmijn
- zoutoplossing
- zoutvlees
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sout
- Negerhollands: sout
- Skepi Creole Dutch: sout
- → Aukan: sawtu
- → Loup A: sat
- →? Mahican: săschuak
- → Saramaccan: sátu
- → Sranan Tongo: sowtu
- → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: sautu
Adjective
zout (comparative zouter, superlative zoutst)
- salted
- Hou jij van zoute haring?
- Do you like salted herring?
- salty (taste)
- Dit is echt veel te zout!
- This really is far too salty!
Inflection
| Inflection of zout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zout | |||
| inflected | zoute | |||
| comparative | zouter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zout | zouter | het zoutst het zoutste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zoute | zoutere | zoutste |
| n. sing. | zout | zouter | zoutste | |
| plural | zoute | zoutere | zoutste | |
| definite | zoute | zoutere | zoutste | |
| partitive | zouts | zouters | — | |
Related terms
- zilt
- zult, zulte
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sout
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sautu
See also
- (tastes) smaak; bitter, zoet, zout, zuur (Category: nl:Taste)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
zout
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zouten
- imperative of zouten