žrát

See also: zrát

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žráti, from Proto-Slavic *žьrati. For the semantics, compare German fressen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʒraːt]
Rhymes: -aːt

Verb

žrát impf (perfective sežrat)

to eat (of animals)
(vulgar) to eat (of people)
(informal) to guzzle (of a vehicle)
(transitive, informal) to be overzealous
(informal) to believe a nonsense

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	žrát, žráti	Active adjective	žeroucí
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	žeru	žereme	—	žerme
2nd person	žereš	žerete	žer	žerte
3rd person	žere	žerou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive žrát.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	žral	žrali	žrán	žráni
masculine inanimate	žral	žraly	žrán	žrány
feminine	žrala	žraly	žrána	žrány
neuter	žralo	žrala	žráno	žrána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	žera	—
feminine + neuter singular	žerouc	—
plural	žerouce	—

Synonyms

(eat): See also jíst

Related terms

nažrat
požrat
přežrat
rozežrat
sežrat
užrat
vyžrat
žrádlo

Further reading

žráti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
žráti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
žrát in Internetová jazyková příručka

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