přimknout

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech přimknúti. Prefix při- + the base mknout[1][2] (compare also zamknout, odemknout, semknout, 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

přimknout pf (imperfective přimykat)

  1. (reflexive with se) to press oneself to, to snuggle up, to become attached to
    Synonyms: přilnout, přitisknout
    Přimkla se k svému tanečníkovi.
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    Přimkl se k dělnické třídě.
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    Matka se přimkla k jedinému synovi.
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Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “zámek1”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 801
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “-mknout”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 421
  3. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mykat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 438

Further reading

  • přimknouti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • přimknouti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • přimknout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)