blikat

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German blicken (to look, originally "to shine").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblɪkat]

Verb

blikat impf (perfective bliknout)

  1. to blink, twinkle (of a source of light)
    Blikal baterkou.He was flicking a flashlight on and off.

Conjugation

Conjugation of blikat
infinitive blikat, blikati active adjective blikající


verbal noun passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person blikám blikáme blikejme
2nd person blikáš blikáte blikej blikejte
3rd person bliká blikají

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate blikal blikali blikán blikáni
masculine inanimate blikaly blikány
feminine blikala blikána
neuter blikalo blikala blikáno blikána
transgressives present past
masculine singular blikaje
feminine + neuter singular blikajíc
plural blikajíce

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