tonúti

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *topnǫti. By surface analysis, topiti +‎ -núti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtonuːci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtonau̯ci/

Verb

tonúti impf

1. (intransitive) to plunge, to dunk, to drown

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonúti (class II)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
tonúti	tonút	tonutie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	tonu	tonevě (-va)	tonem (-me/-my)	–	toňvě (-va)	toňme (-my)
2nd person	toneš	toneta	tonete	toň	toňta	toňte
3rd person	tone	toneta	tonú	toň	toňta	toňte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	tonuch	tonuchově (-va)	tonuchom (-me/-my)	toniech	toniechově (-va)	toniechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	tonu	tonusta (-šta)	tonuste (-šte)	tonieše	toniešta (-sta)	toniešte (-ste)
3rd person	tonu	tonusta (-šta)	tonuchu	tonieše	toniešta (-sta)	toniechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	tonul	tonula	tonuli	—	—	—
Feminine	tonula	tonule	tonuly	—	—	—
Neuter	tonulo	tonule	tonula	—	—	—

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	tona	tonúce		tonuv	tonuvše
Feminine	tonúci			tonuvši
Neuter	tona, tonúci			tonuv, tonuvši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of tonúti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• potonúti
• vytonúti

 

Descendants

• Czech: tonout

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “tonúti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění