zamknout

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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]

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Verb

zamknout pf (imperfective zamykat)

  1. to lock (to fasten with lock)
    Antonym: odemknout

Conjugation

Conjugation
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

  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

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