Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech zamknúti. Prefix za- + the base mknout[1][2] (compare also odemknout, semknout, přimknout, vymknout), which comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (“to rush, move quickly”) (compare Polish mknąć (“scamper, rush”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”)[3]
Pronunciation
Verb
zamknout pf (imperfective zamykat)
- to lock (to fasten with lock)
- Antonym: odemknout
Conjugation
Conjugation of zamknout
| infinitive
|
zamknout, zamknouti
|
active adjective
|
zamknuvší
|
| verbal noun
|
—
|
passive adjective
|
—
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
zamknu |
zamkneme |
— |
zamkněme
|
| 2nd person
|
zamkneš |
zamknete |
zamkni |
zamkněte
|
| 3rd person
|
zamkne |
zamknou |
— |
—
|
The verb zamknout does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
zamkl, zamknul |
zamkli, zamknuli |
zamčen, zamknut |
zamčeni, zamknuti
|
| masculine inanimate
|
zamkly, zamknuly |
zamčeny, zamknuty
|
| feminine
|
zamkla, zamknula |
zamčena, zamknuta
|
| neuter
|
zamklo, zamknulo |
zamkla, zamknula |
zamčeno, zamknuto |
zamčena, zamknuta
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
— |
zamknuv
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
— |
zamknuvši
|
| plural
|
— |
zamknuvše
|
|
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “zámek1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 801
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “-mknout”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 421
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438
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