houkat

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech húkati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦou̯kat]
  • Hyphenation: hou‧kat

Verb

houkat impf (perfective houknout)

  1. (intransitive) to hoot (usually about an owl)
    Sova houká.An owl is hooting.
  2. (intransitive) to wail, to honk, to toot

Conjugation

Conjugation of houkat
infinitive houkat, houkati active adjective houkající


verbal noun houkání passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person houkám houkáme houkejme
2nd person houkáš houkáte houkej houkejte
3rd person houká houkají

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate houkal houkali
masculine inanimate houkaly
feminine houkala
neuter houkalo houkala
transgressives present past
masculine singular houkaje
feminine + neuter singular houkajíc
plural houkajíce

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

houkat

  1. nominative plural of houkka

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