# zet
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈzɛt]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

zet n (indeclinable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) písmeno; á, bé, cé, dé, é, ef, gé, há, chá, í, jé, ká, el, em, en, ó, pé, kvé, er, es, té, ú, vé, dvojité vé, iks, ypsilon, zet

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Czech zieti, from Proto-Slavic *zijati.

#### Alternative forms

* zát

#### Verb

zet impf
* (literary) to gape, to be wide open
    Synonyms: být otevřen, otvírat se
    Pode mnou zela strž. ― A chasm was gaping under me.
    Ve střeše zeje díra. ― There is a gaping hole in the roof.
* (literary) to be surrounded, to wear, to exhibit, to show
    Synonym: jevit
    Dům zeje prázdnotou. ― The house seems empty.
    Její oči zely úzkostí a zoufáním. ― Her eyes were full of anxiety and desperation.
* (literary, uncommon) to gaze, to stare, to gape
    Synonym: zírat
    Zelo naň tisíc očí. ― A thousand eyes were staring at him.

##### Conjugation

| Infinitive | zet, zeti | Active adjective | zející |
| Verbal noun | zení | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | indicative | imperative | imperative |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st person | zeji, zeju (coll.) | zejeme | — | zejme |
| 2nd person | zeješ | zejete | zej | zejte |
| 3rd person | zeje | zejí, zejou (coll.) | — | — |
* The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zet.
| Participles | Past participles | Past participles | Passive participles | Passive participles |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| masculine animate | zel | zeli | — | — |
| masculine inanimate | zel | zely | — | — |
| feminine | zela | zely | — | — |
| neuter | zelo | zela | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | zeje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | zejíc | — |
| plural | zejíce | — |

##### Derived terms

* rozzet
* zazet

##### Related terms

* zívat

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: zet
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Etymology 1

From zetten.

#### Noun

zet m (plural zetten, diminutive zetje n)
* shove, push
* move, turn (e.g. in a game)
    Dat was geen slimme zet. ― That was not a smart move.
    Hij is aan zet. ― It's his turn.

##### Derived terms

* meesterzet

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

zet
* inflection of zetten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

* The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: zet

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch zet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɛt/, [zɛt̪̚]

### Noun

zèt (plural zet-zet)
* The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

#### Synonyms

* zed (Standard Malay)

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

### Further reading

* “zet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɛt/

### Noun

zet m inan
* The name of the Latin-script letter z/Z.

### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zêt/

### Noun

zȅt m (Cyrillic spelling зе̏т)
* son-in-law
* brother-in-law (husband of one's sibling)

#### See also

* snaha

### Further reading

* “zet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “zet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɛ́t/

### Noun

zȅt m anim
* son-in-law

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “zet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “zet”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Yola
### Alternative forms

* set

### Etymology

* From Middle English set, from Old English set, from Proto-West Germanic *set (“seat”).
* From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zɛt/, /sɛt/

### Noun

zet
* set

### Verb

zet (present participle zetteen, past participle ee-zet)
* to set
** 1867, “SONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 108:An hea zet up a pouingaan an a cry.And he set up a puingaan and a cry.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81