mést

See also: mest, Mest, měst, мест, and месть

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mésti, from Proto-Slavic *mesti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛːst]

Verb

mést impf

  1. to sweep
    Nové koště dobře mete. ― New broom sweeps clean.

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive mést, mésti Active adjective metoucí
Verbal noun — Passive adjective —
Present formsindicativeimperative
singularpluralsingularplural
1st person metumeteme—meťme
2nd person metešmetetemeťmeťte
3rd person metemetou——
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive mést.
ParticiplesPast participlesPassive participles
singularpluralsingularplural
masculine animate metlmetlimetenmeteni
masculine inanimate metlymeteny
feminine metlametena
neuter metlometlametenometena
Transgressives present past
masculine singular meta—
feminine + neuter singular metouc—
plural metouce—

Derived terms

Further reading
  • mésti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mésti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mést in Internetová jazyková příručka

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German meist

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmest/
  • Syllabification: mést

Adverb

mést (not comparable)

  1. mostly, usually

Further reading
  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “mést”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎ (in Kashubian), page 100
  • “mést”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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