Hnutím

Hnutím is the instrumental singular form of the Czech noun hnutí or hnútí, depending on spelling conventions. In general, hnutí (movement, motion) refers to a physical act of moving, a gesture, or a broader sense of movement such as a social or political initiative. The instrumental form hnútím/hnutím is used to express the means or manner by which an action is performed, often with a body part as the instrument.

Usage and examples

The form hnútím is most commonly found in phrases describing how something is done through a movement. Examples include: Přikývl hnutím hlavy. (He nodded with a movement of his head.) Zvedl to hnutím ruky. (He raised it with a movement of the hand.) Další příklady mohou vyjadřovat jemné motorické činnosti, u nichž se popisuje způsob provedení, například hnutím prstu či ramen.

Grammatical notes

Hnutím is firmly an instrumental case form and generally cannot function as the subject of a sentence. The corresponding nominative form is hnutí (or hnútí, depending on spelling) and denotes the action or state of moving in a more abstract sense, or can refer to a movement in physics, biology, or social contexts.

Etymology and related forms

Hnutím is derived from the verb hnout, meaning to move. The related noun hnutí (movement, motion) shares a root with other forms describing movement or motion, and it can appear in various cases to indicate the concept or the instrument of movement, depending on the syntactic role in a sentence.

In summary, hnútím is a grammatical form used to indicate “by means of the movement” or “with a movement,” most often in phrases describing bodily gestures or other acts performed through motion.