rousat

Czech

Etymology

Presumably inherited from Proto-Slavic *rusti. Compare Russian ру́сло (rúslo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrou̯sat]
• Hyphenation: rou‧sat

Verb

rousat impf

1. (transitive) to wet by wading through wet/dewy grass
2. (intransitive, reflexive with se) to wade (through wet/dewy grass), to wet oneself in wet/dewy grass

   Rousal jsem se vysokou trávou. ― I waded through high grass.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rousat

infinitive rousat, rousati active adjective rousající verbal noun rousání passive adjective rousaný present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person rousám rousáme — rousejme 2nd person rousáš rousáte rousej rousejte 3rd person rousá rousají — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive rousat. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate rousal rousali rousán rousáni masculine inanimate rousaly rousány feminine rousala rousána neuter rousalo rousala rousáno rousána transgressives present past masculine singular rousaje — feminine + neuter singular rousajíc — plural rousajíce —

Further reading

• “rousati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rousati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rousat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025