Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech rúbati, rubati, from Proto-Slavic *rǫbati.
Pronunciation
Verb
rubat impf
- (dated) to chop, to cut
- Synonyms: sekat, kácet
Jal se hned mečem roubat stromky a proutí.- He started chopping trees and twigs with a sword.
Šavle rubala do těl.- The sabre was cutting into bodies.
- (literary) to fight, to kill
- Synonym: pobíjet
Sedláci rubali šlechtu.- The peasants were slaughtering the nobility.
Conjugation
Conjugation of rubat
| infinitive
|
rubat, rubati
|
active adjective
|
rubající
|
| verbal noun
|
rubání
|
passive adjective
|
rubaný
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
rubám |
rubáme |
— |
rubejme
|
| 2nd person
|
rubáš |
rubáte |
rubej |
rubejte
|
| 3rd person
|
rubá |
rubají |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive rubat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
rubal |
rubali |
rubán |
rubáni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
rubaly |
rubány
|
| feminine
|
rubala |
rubána
|
| neuter
|
rubalo |
rubala |
rubáno |
rubána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
rubaje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
rubajíc |
—
|
| plural
|
rubajíce |
—
|
|
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