Czech
Etymology
From za- + mykat. The verb mykat comes from Proto-Slavic *mъknǫti (“to rush, move quickly”) (compare Polish mknąć), which is from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-, *mewk- (“to make a quick movement, to slide”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
zamykat impf (perfective zamknout)
- to lock
- Antonym: odemykat
Conjugation
Conjugation of zamykat
| infinitive
|
zamykat, zamykati
|
active adjective
|
zamykající
|
| verbal noun
|
zamykání
|
passive adjective
|
zamykaný
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
zamykám |
zamykáme |
— |
zamykejme
|
| 2nd person
|
zamykáš |
zamykáte |
zamykej |
zamykejte
|
| 3rd person
|
zamyká |
zamykají |
— |
—
|
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive zamykat.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
zamykal |
zamykali |
zamykán |
zamykáni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
zamykaly |
zamykány
|
| feminine
|
zamykala |
zamykána
|
| neuter
|
zamykalo |
zamykala |
zamykáno |
zamykána
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
zamykaje |
—
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
zamykajíc |
—
|
| plural
|
zamykajíce |
—
|
|
References
- ^ 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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